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Previous World Capitals

Here are some current national capital cities, and the years they have held that status. Which cities preceded them as capitals of their nations?
Some capitals briefly moved elsewhere during these periods
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1914-1976
Lagos
1976 - today
Abuja
 
 
1929-1998
Alma-ata
1998 - today
Astana
 
 
1763-1960
Rio de Janeiro
1960 - today
Brasilia
 
 
1901-1927 (de facto)
Melbourne
1927 - today
Canberra
 
 
1592-1815
Kandy
1815 - today
Colombo
 
 
1961-1996
Dar es Salaam
1996 - today
Dodoma
 
 
1947-1959
Karachi
1959-1967
Rawalpindi
1967 - today
Islamabad
 
 
1948
Tel Aviv
1948 - today
Jerusalem
 
 
1748-1772
Kandahar
1772 - today
Kabul
927-1066
Winchester
1066 - today
London
 
 
1469-1561
Valladolid
1561 - today
Madrid
 
 
1712-1918
Petrograd
1918 - today
Moscow
 
 
1948-2005
Yangon
2005 - today
Naypyidaw
 
 
1994-2006
Koror
2006 - today
Ngerulmud
 
 
1070-1299
Bergen
1299 - today
Oslo
 
 
1070-1912
Fes
1912 - today
Rabat
 
 
1296-1596
Kraków
1596 - today
Warsaw
 
 
1841-1865
Auckland
1865 - today
Wellington
 
 
1933-1983
Abidjan
1983 - today
Yamoussoukro
scambigol
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Level 76
Dec 5, 2014
Fun quiz! Perhaps you can allow 'Fez' as type-in
TenThousand
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Level 76
Dec 5, 2014
OK, Fez also works now.
xkhan44x
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Level 60
Dec 5, 2014
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte became the official capital of Sri Lanka when Parliament was moved out of Colombo in 1982.
TenThousand
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Level 76
Dec 23, 2014
There are several publications, for example Britannica, Lonely Planet and Free Dictionary that state that Colombo is the capital. There are other places that say you can argue the case either way. I suspect the ambiguity is partly because Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a part of Colombo's greater urban area and considered by many to simply be a suburb, and partly because (even if you accept that Sri J-K is a separate city and therefore the legislative capital) the executive and judicial capital remains Colombo.
scambigol
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Level 76
Dec 5, 2014
I'm quite curious about this Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte/Colombo story and, admitting I'm quite ignorant about it, my feeling is that it is just a matter of being a suburb of Colombo.

I tried (as I'm ignorant on this aspect as well) understanding the Minneapolis/St Paul analogy and it seems to be that these two cities are comparable in size unlike Sri Kotte/Colombo; also what makes things even more unusual is that the capital city used to be Colombo so my feeling is that they're just moving buildings a few km away to a more quiet area.

Where's your information from? I'd be curious to hear the opinion of locals!

TenThousand
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Level 76
Dec 5, 2014
Well, I've been there :)
scambigol
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Level 76
Dec 6, 2014
in Colombo? or in Sri Kotte as well?
TenThousand
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Level 76
Dec 6, 2014
Colombo; I've traveled nearby parliament but not up to its gates. I've gone by car, train and tuk-tuk all over Colombo, including between downtown and inner neighbouring locations like Negombo, Kaduwela, Moratuwa, as well as the A1 highway towards Kandy, so I have a pretty reasonable feel of Colombo's extent. It's only 8km from downtown Colombo to parliament, and it lies far inside the city's urban limits. In the case of parliament, I also used Googlemaps satellite view to be sure.
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