Federal Capital - List of Federal Capitals

List of Federal Capitals

  • Argentina: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, formerly Capital federal
  • Austria: Vienna
  • Australia: Canberra
  • Belgium: Brussels capital region
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
  • Brazil: Brasilia
  • Canada: Ottawa
  • Comoros: Moroni
  • Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
  • Germany: Berlin
  • India: New Delhi
  • Iraq: Baghdad
  • Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
  • Mexico: Mexico City
  • Micronesia, (Federated States of): Palikir
  • Nepal: Kathmandu
  • Nigeria: Federal Capital Territory of Abuja
  • Pakistan: Islamabad
  • Russia: Moscow
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis: Basseterre
  • South Africa: This federation has three federal capitals: Pretoria, its executive capital; Bloemfontein, its judicial capital; and Cape Town, its legislative capital
  • South Sudan: Juba and in the future, its Federal Government is thinking to move the federal capital to Ramciel in Lakes State. This move will put the federal capital close to South Sudan's geographical center
  • Somalia: Mogadishu
  • Spain: Madrid
  • Sudan: Khartoum
  • Switzerland: Bern
  • United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi
  • Venezuela: Caracas
  • USA: Washington, D.C.
Terms for types of administrative country subdivisions
Current
Common English terms
  • Borough
  • Canton
  • Capital
  • City
  • Commune
  • County
  • Department
  • District
  • Capital district
  • Governorate
  • Municipality
  • Parish
  • Province
  • Region
  • State
  • Territory
  • Town
  • Township
  • Village
  • Ward
Other English terms
  • Alpine resort
  • Area
  • Insular area
  • Local government area
  • Special area
  • Urban (urbanized) area
  • Bailiwick
  • Banner
  • Autonomous banner
  • Block
  • County borough
  • Metropolitan borough
  • Federal capital
  • Circle
  • Circuit
  • Autonomous city
  • Chartered city
  • Independent city
  • Rural city
  • Colony
  • Community
  • Autonomous community
  • Residential community
  • Condominium
  • Constituency
  • Administrative county
  • Autonomous county
  • Metropolitan county
  • City district
  • Federal district
  • Metropolitan district
  • Municipal district
  • Subdistrict
  • Regional district
  • Division
  • Cadastral division
  • Subdivision
  • Duchy
  • Eldership
  • Federal dependency
  • Hamlet
  • Direct-controlled municipality
  • District municipality
  • Regional municipality
  • Regional county municipality
  • Rural municipality
  • Specialized municipality
  • Neighbourhood
  • Civil parish
  • Periphery
  • Prefecture
  • Autonomous prefecture
  • Subprefecture
  • Super-prefecture
  • Principality
  • Co-principality
  • Protectorate
  • Autonomous province
  • Quarter
  • Regency
  • Administrative region
  • Autonomous region
  • Capital region
  • Special administrative region
  • Subregion
  • Republic
  • Autonomous republic
  • Reservation
  • Reserve
  • Riding
  • Sector
  • Autonomous sector
  • Shire
  • Suzerainty
  • Capital territory
  • Dependent territory
  • National territory
  • Union Territory
  • Townland
  • Civil township
  • Autonomous territorial unit
  • Local administrative unit
  • Summer village
Non-English or
loanword terms
  • Amt
  • Arrondissement
  • Bairro
  • Bakhsh
  • Baladiyah
  • Barangay
  • Bezirk
  • Regierungsbezirk
  • Colonia
  • Comarca
  • Comune
  • Daïra
  • Delegación
  • Deme
  • Frazione
  • Freguesia
  • Gmina
  • Gemeinde
  • İl
  • Județ
  • Kelurahan
  • Kommun
  • Kunta / kommun
  • Län / lääni
  • Maakuntaliitto / landskapsförbund
  • Località
  • Mahalle
  • Megye
  • Muban
  • Nome
  • Oblast
  • Autonomous oblast
  • Okrug
  • Autonomous okrug
  • Ostān
  • Poblacion
  • Powiat
  • Purok
  • Raion
  • Ranchería
  • Shabiyah
  • Shahr
  • Shahrestān
  • Sitio
  • Sýsla
  • Taluka
  • Tehsil
  • Vingtaine
  • Voivodeship
  • Wilayah
Defunct / historical
English terms
  • Agency
  • Barony
  • Burgh
  • Diocese
  • Exarchate
  • Free imperial city
  • Hide
  • Hundred
  • Imperial Circle
  • March
  • Overseas province
  • Praetorian prefecture
  • Presidency
  • Residency
  • Rural district
  • Sanitary district
  • Tithing
  • Urban district
  • Viscountcy (Viscounty)
Non-English terms
  • Commote
  • Heerlijkheid
  • Katepanikion
  • Köping / Kauppala
  • Landskap / Maakunta
  • Landskommun / Maalaiskunta
  • Liwa
  • Naucrary
  • Pagus
  • Pargana
  • Plasă
  • Satrapy
  • Syssel
  • Theme
  • Subah

Used by ten or more countries.

See also
Census division
Electoral district
Political division
Arabic / French / Spanish terms for country subdivisions
Table of administrative divisions by country


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