A capital region, also called a national capital region, capital district or capital territory is a common term for the region or district surrounding the capital city of a country or any other administrative division. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym.
Country-level examples include:
| Capital region name | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | Australia |
| Brussels-Capital Region | Belgium |
| National Capital Region | Canada |
| Copenhagen Capital Region | Denmark |
| National District | Dominican Republic |
| National Capital Region | India |
| National Capital Region | Japan |
| Islamabad Capital Territory | Pakistan |
| National Capital Region | Philippines |
| Seoul National Capital Area | South Korea |
| National Capital Region | United States |
| Hanoi Capital Region | Vietnam |
The term is also used by some subnational entities as follows:
| Capital region name | Subnational entity |
|---|---|
| Capital Regional District | British Columbia |
| Capital District | New York |
| National Capital Region (Quebec City) | Quebec |
Famous quotes containing the words capital and/or region:
“If Los Angeles has been called “the capital of crackpots” and “the metropolis of isms,” the native Angeleno can not fairly attribute all of the city’s idiosyncrasies to the newcomer—at least not so long as he consults the crystal ball for guidance in his business dealings and his wife goes shopping downtown in beach pajamas.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“For poetry was all written before time was, and whenever we are so finely organized that we can penetrate into that region where the air is music, we hear those primal warblings, and attempt to write them down, but we lose ever and anon a word, a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)