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Canary Islands

Canary Islands (Spain): Until 1927 the capital of the province of Canarias was Santa Cruz de Tenerife, status who lost to the administrative division of the archipelago carried out in two provinces. In forming the autonomous community in 1982 shared capital between the two provincial capitals, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was established. There is currently a balance of institutions between the two capitals, in fact Canary Islands is the only autonomous region of Spain which has two capitals.--88.9.98.101 (talk) 10:49, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Capital city vs National capital?

In the Wikidata there are different objects: wikidata:Category:National capitals (wikidata:Q7214555) and wikidata:Category:Capitals. Different ones?--Estopedist1 (talk) 08:03, 15 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Capital vs capitol

So wait, why is a capitol not a "capital building" then? I ad some stupid idea that they were related somehow, without ever putting any actual thought into it. AnnaGoFast (talk) 00:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Because the words are false friends. The word "capitol" derives from Capitolium, the great temple built on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. The United States Capitol was named directly for the building, as it was built in the neoclassical Federal style prominent in the early 19th century; i.e. the name was chosen solely because it was the name of a prior Roman temple. The word "capital" as a noun meaning "seat of government" is a shortening from the phrase "capital city" (earlier "capital" in English was an adjective, the noun use is a later innovation) and in that case, the adjective "capital" derives from the word Latin word "caput" meaning "head" (c.f. "captain"). Ultimately, "Capitol" probably derives from "caput" but from a much more circuitous route, so much so that the use of the word "Capitol" to refer to the specific building which houses the legislature really has no recent etymological connection to the word "Capital" meaning "city where the government meets". See here and here for the etymologies of both words. --Jayron 32 04:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This really ought to be noted somewhere in the article...in the lede section, even. the confusion over the two words is likely to be extremely common, it seems odd that the article never even mentions the word capitol at all. Firejuggler86 (talk) 08:16, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia isn't a dictionary, so articles don't typically have a "common misspellings" or "false friends" section. Nearly none of the world's capitals have a building named "Capitol", so there's scarcely more reason to mention it in the article on substantive grounds than there is "white house" or "casa rosada". Navigational considerations are taken care of, as searches for both capitol and capitol city end up elsewhere, so there's no need to mention it in a hatnote either. Largoplazo (talk) 12:41, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Egypt

The new planned capital of Egypt, about 50km west of Cairo, is as yet unnamed. ^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yerongcreek (talk • contribs) 05:58, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Intro Photos

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History

Explain why the capital city was removed from beriba to nian 41.57.95.244 (talk) 22:51, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

History

List all the countries in the world and their capital cities — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.191.104.66 (talk) 10:07, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read Lists of capitals? - David Biddulph (talk) 10:10, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Italy's capital and coast

The municipality of Rome includes its suburb Ostia which is on the seashore, hence Otaly should be considered as a country whose capital is on the coast. 151.30.171.236 (talk) 18:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Coastal capitals" map

I have doubts whether the map showing countries divided three ways (coastal capital, inland capital, landlocked country) is adding value to the article. Of course it is possible to construct such a map, but what does it really tell us? Not much. What exactly is a "coastal capital"? If one with a sea-going port, then London is a coastal capital. As pointed out above, perhaps Italy should also count? The map is "own work" (pinging @Fobos92:), and has some idiosyncracies. Like rectilinear lines joining offshore islands to the country. And inaccuracies: it shows the Falklands as part of Argentina, which is not correct. I suggest that the map is not adding encyclopedic value, and should be deleted. Similar comments might apply to the next one: about "multiple capitals" (not even clear exactly what this means). Imaginatorium (talk) 11:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in favor of getting rid of both of them. The article contains no context for the coastal breakdown. In the absence of that, it's just one of many breakdowns that are possible, such as capitals that have airports within their city limits, those that have one outside of city limits but within a 30-minute drive of the government center, and those that have neither. Showing this sort of information in map form is generally pointless unless one intends to illustrate regional trends or the prevalance of something. That last part goes for both maps; there's nothing about the list of countries with multiple capitals that is better handled by a map than by simply listing them in a sentence. Largoplazo (talk) 16:09, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody else has said anything, so I have gone ahead and removed them. Imaginatorium (talk) 05:31, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good move. Happy days, ~ Lindsay^Hello 07:40, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About two lists in Planned Capitals section

In the Planned Capitals section there is a list of capital cities that must meet at least one of the two criteria listed below the list. Below that is another list of cities that meet the second criterion. Why aren't all the cities in the second list (like Wellington, Managua or Ottawa) in the first list? -- Karavadgoo (talk) 10:52, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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