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List of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions

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on all its maps. It remained the capital until July 2018, when all remaining duties of the Taiwan Provincial Government were transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.
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nearby Fort Victoria had existed earlier, but in 1849 the town was specifically laid out to be the capital of the new
1889: 1854: 1092:, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. Today the town is known as 574: 201: 2015: 1158: 508: 90: 1896:
in 1866 when united with the mainland; remained capital after British Columbia became Canadian province in 1871
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which, by default, became state capital of North Dakota. Previous territorial capital before Bismarck was
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founded as capital of the new state of Tocantins, formed in 1988 from part of the state of
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from the capitals of the colonies of East Florida and West Florida
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provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject
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This is a list of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions.
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created out of part of Indian Punjab in 1966 and shares capital
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and gained statehood, moved from then territorial capital
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the province consists almost entirely of reclaimed land
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