Statistics for Purpose-Built National Capitals

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hint	year	capital	% Correct
to encourage inland growth	1960	Brasília	88%
moved 1300 km north-west from the larger previous Bengali capital	1912	New Delhi	65%
moved inland, to the confluence of 3 major ethnic groups	1991	Abuja	56%
moved 200 km south-west, from the temporary, post-independence, capital	1800	Washington	56%
entire city was designed by Chicago architects	1927	Canberra	53%
moved inland to "keep an eye" on rebel groups in the jungle	2005	Naypyidaw	53%
moved from the coast towards disputed territory in the north	1974	Islamabad	41%
moved from the largest city, Koror, to this tiny capital	2006	Ngerulmud	35%
victorious Abbasids moved the capital 170 km north, from Kufa	762	Baghdad	32%
after the previous capital was damaged by a hurricane	1970	Belmopan	29%
unusually, moved to the coast, for ease of access from the rest of the Empire	1535	Lima	26%
the previous capital, Mahikeng, was outside the country	1964	Gaborone	21%
moved a whole kilometre, from Birgu, on the other side of The Grand Harbor	1530	Valletta	12%
moved from James Town in this small island nation	1628	Bridgetown	9%
the previous capital, Saint-Louis, was in a neighboring country	1957	Nouakchott	9%