Capitals with unexpected quirks
Tongue twisters and punctuation puzzles
Towns named after bizarre things
Geographically impossible anomalies
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Let's fly away to Brasília today (today!) / The whole city's shaped like a giant airplane (so high!)
misslily Bolivia splits its government functions between two distinct cities located hundreds of miles apart.
misslily Canberra was built from scratch in 1913 as a peace offering between two rival Australian cities.
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte: Sri Lanka's official legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, actually translates to 'the sacred city of the growing victory-fortress' in Sinhalese.
A city or town that serves as the official seat of government in a country or state. South Africa distributes its governing power among three different capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
Which country has its official, constitutional capital in Sucre but its seat of government in La Paz?
What is the capital of Montserrat, which was buried by a volcano in 1995 and remains a ghost town?
Which country moved its capital from Almaty to the newly built city of Astana in 1997?
Which capital city is officially classified as a metropolitan prefecture rather than a single city?
In 1983, Côte d'Ivoire officially moved its capital to which small hometown of its president?