Bolivia. The most well-known example of a country with two capital cities is Bolivia. La Paz and Sucre are two cities that have agreed to divide the different parts of the government between them.
Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya ― Malaysia getting two capitals is a recent thing. Kaula Lumpur acts as the national capital, whereas Putrajaya hosts the federal Government.
However, there's only one nation in the world that has three capitals. Yes, you read that right! It's none other than the Republic of South Africa. Its three capitals are at Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.
Capitals: Santiago and Valparaiso
However, when Augusto Pinochet's rule of the country came to an end in 1990, the National Congress of Chile was moved to Valparaiso from Santiago to demonstrate a decentralization of power and appease an untrusting public.
Nauru, an island in the Pacific Ocean, is the second-smallest republic in the world—but it doesn't even have a capital city.
The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
There are eight capital cities in Australia, each of which functions as the seat of government for the state or territory in which it is located. One of these, Canberra, is also the national capital.
New Zealand has had three capital cities – first at Russell, in the Bay of Islands, in 1840, then, just a year later, at Auckland. Since 1865 the more centrally located Wellington has been the country's capital, and in 2011 travel publisher Lonely Planet dubbed it the 'coolest little capital in the world'.
There are 12 countries with two or more capital cities and each one has various reasons. For many countries, the capital city is where politicians meet to pass laws. Some countries have had a hard time deciding on which city should be the capital and have changed capitals in the process.
Australia mainland state/territory capitals are: Brisbane (Queensland), Canberra (Australian Capital Territory), Darwin (Northern Territory), Hobart (Tasmania), Melbourne (Victoria), Perth (Western Australia), and Sydney (New South Wales). Capital city of Australia is Canberra.
The reason behind the two capitals is that it enables the government to counter rapid urbanization and provide better infrastructure facilities. The current capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Colombo is the commercial centre and Sri Jayawardenepura is the administration centre of Sri Lanka.
Lazio, where we can find as its capital, and capital of Italy as well , Rome!
Czech Republic: Prague and Brno
Founded in the 9th century, the sprawling castle remains the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. But the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic is in the country's less-known second capital, the energetic Moravian city of Brno.
The legislatures of three states Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand meet in different capitals for their summer and winter sessions. Ladakh has both Leh and Kargil as its administrative capitals.
While Maharashtra has Mumbai and Nagpur as its capitals, Srinagar and Jammu are the respective summer and winter capitals of Jammu and Kashmir.
The most well-known example of a country with two capital cities is Bolivia. La Paz and Sucre are two cities that have agreed to divide the different parts of the government between them.
Switzerland, federated country of central Europe. Switzerland's administrative capital is Bern, while Lausanne serves as its judicial centre.
The capital moved from Auckland to more centrally located Wellington on the recommendation of a specially appointed Australian commission. The former Wellington Provincial Council chamber became the new home for Parliament. The location of New Zealand's Parliament had been a matter of debate for some years.
Claims have been made that Cooladdi is Australia's smallest town by population. In 2015, the population was 3 (down from 4 in 2013), all of whom lived at the general store.
In 1836 South Australia took a 'bite' from New South Wales. The establishment of Queensland in 1859 divided the remainder of New South Wales into two. The western borders of Queensland and South Australia were adjusted in 1862 to align the borders.
The first one goes like this: The Australian continent consists of three sovereign countries which are Australia (the country) itself, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. It also encompasses portions of the island of New Guinea which are under the jurisdiction of Indonesia, namely Papua and West Papua.
Auckland was the second capital from 1841 until 1865, when Parliament was permanently moved to Wellington after an argument that persisted for a decade. As the members of parliament could not agree on the location of a more central capital, Wellington was decided on by three Australian commissioners.
Capital: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein
The Administrative and Executive Capital of South Africa is Pretoria, the Legislative Capital is Cape Town and the Judicial Capital is Bloemfontein.
This was largely due to 17th-century British colonisation. However, it also had a significant minority of Catholics and Irish nationalists. The rest of Ireland had a Catholic, nationalist majority who wanted self-governance or independence.