Search results for "List of capitals in the United States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong ... The site of Guangzhou has been continuously occupied since Panyu ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America ... The city is commonly referred to as Washington, The District, or simply ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- (Nepali/Hindi: गंगटोक), the capital and largest town of ... and temperate climate, this hill station of about fifty thousand people ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible or the Mazarin ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...21 KB (3,123 words) - 02:56, 27 July 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda ... The settlement began as a small colonial outpost and functioned as ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The Canary Islands, though politically a part of Spain, are only 67 ... The autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established by ...28 KB (4,064 words) - 19:14, 25 November 2023
- ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but ... Dating from 1885, the city has had a brief, somewhat turbulent history ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- Abidjan is the largest city, chief port, and de facto capital of Côte ... The name name "Abidjan," according to legend, came from ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the ... Its location has caused the city to play a central role throughout ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and ... textiles and soap. Bujumbura, situated on the northeastern shore of Lake ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- The United States Electoral College is a term used to describe the 538 ... Presidential electors who meet every four years to cast the official ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm), located at the confluence ... Although the region has had a history that included the Kushite, Meroitic ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- , also Sikhim) - a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas ... ranking as the second-smallest in area after Goa. The thumb-shaped ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (IPA: ... ) for short, is the capital and the largest city of Thailand. Bangkok ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
- Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It lies in ... It serves as a distribution point for the surrounding agricultural and ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest ... Located in the southeast of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast ...33 KB (4,767 words) - 18:11, 12 February 2024
- to describe a group whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those ... On the other hand, countercultures can be detrimental to society, ...27 KB (4,003 words) - 08:31, 10 January 2024
- Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city ... A colony of Belgium, the country received its independence in 1960 ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana on the mainland ... Founded by the British in 1781 and named for King George III of the ...22 KB (3,061 words) - 20:14, 13 December 2023
- Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major ... The city of Freetown was founded in 1787, by Great Britain as a settlement ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- Brasília is the capital of Brazil, located in the central part of ... As the world's first capital city conceived by modern standards ...27 KB (4,135 words) - 22:51, 20 November 2023
- Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is ... President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled the country since ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- lit. “capital capital,” or “capital of capitals") was the Imperial ... Kyoto is known as one of the academic centers of Japan, and is home ...36 KB (5,281 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Bali is an Indonesian island positioned in a chain with Java to the ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- diplomat, and businessman. He served in various positions under three ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 08:10, 23 January 2023
- Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. In 1796 ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- Nan or Taiwanese Hok-kiàn) is a province of China located on the southeast ... as an education center and pristine nature. The ecology of the province has ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or ... The term 'book' may also refer to a literary work, or a ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- Honduras, officially Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras ... The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia, the successor ... In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- Lima is the capital and largest city, as well as the commercial and ... Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, as ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- , in English generally Zurich, Zurigo [dzu'ɾiːgo] ) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 371,767 in 2007; ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending ... The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples ...54 KB (7,539 words) - 19:09, 25 November 2023
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- , Austro-Bavarian: Weăn,) is the capital of Austria, and also one ... Today Vienna is a center of European culture, with more than one hundred ...42 KB (5,917 words) - 20:13, 3 May 2023
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... The name Manila comes from may nilad, Tagalog for "there is nilad ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- The United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle ... Before 1971, they were known as the "Trucial States" after ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language ... Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... eastern Africa, is widely regarded within the scientific community to be ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire (Latin: ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest ... among different ethnic groups has been part of the country's history ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the ... The Fall of Granada in 1492 saw the end of the Muslim presence in ...36 KB (5,672 words) - 21:18, 9 November 2022
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- linguistic group with populations primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan ... Pashtuns have rarely been politically united. "Biography Khushal ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- , ['beŋgəɭuːru]), serves as the capital of the Indian state ... During the British Raj, Bangalore developed as a center for colonial ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
