World Capitals by Wikipedia Descriptions #2

The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River

From February 3 to March 3, 1945, the city was the site of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater of World War II

The centre of an explosion of philosophic and scientific activity known as the Age of Enlightenment

An ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state (a type of theocracy)

The city's subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world.

390 km (240 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia

It was home to the world's first psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud

The ACT is independent of any state to prevent any one state from gaining an advantage

Although not as important as Milan, the city is the fourth most important centre for fashion in the world, according to the 2009 Global Language Monitor

The city's other historic names include Kisong, Hwangsong, Rakrang, Sŏgyong, Sodo, Hogyong, Changan, and Heijō

In Sunni Islam, this is the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina

Was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan

Sometimes dubbed the "Paris of the East" for its French influences

Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort opened in 2010; one of the world's most photographed buildings.

Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests

It is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland

The Armenian Genocide brought an effective end to the residential diocese

The communist government increasingly turned to tourism for new financial revenue

Pedro de Mendoza called the city "Holy Mary of the Fair Winds"

The headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the regional headquarters of OPEC

Less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River

The second-largest city by population in the African Great Lakes region

Was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

The house where Simón Bolívar was born on 24 July 1783