Countries That Moved Their Capital City
Vložit
- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- ▶ Check out the new video: • The Oldest Company In ...
▶ Become a member on Patreon & get exclusive content! / generalknowledge
▶ Special mention to my patrons: Richard, Daniel, Philip, Edward, Francis, Jeseenya, MiFE, Stephen, Steve, Wilhelm, William, Roland, Rami, 43rpak, Borton, Brian, Bruno, Cesar, Chet, Francisco, Hendrick, Juan, Kalvin, Lastmatix, ou_lyss, Pete, Rpgkllrspace, Ryan Keith, Ryan, Tom.
▶ Follow me on Twitter: / gkonyoutube
▶ Join the Discord Server: / discord
▶ Business Contact: gilfamc@gmail.com
▶ Thanks for watching, remember to subscribe to catch future videos!
Are there any other countries that changed their capital city?
Burundi - bujumbura to gigete
Sri lanka - colombo to sri jayavardenepura
U missed them
Edit-thanks for those likes
You should have mentioned Iran. They have changed their capital more than any country in the world (32X)
The Philippines
England
@@asingh9121 Parece que les di idea a muchos. :)
Fun fact: before Rio, in colonial times, the capital of Brazil was Salvador. Rio became the capital in 1763.
Yes
Yup, it’s was a slave port.
Isso mesmo!
Brasília is the modern capital tho
@Abi Brown cool
Portugal actually changed to:
- Guimarães
- Coimbra
- Lisboa
- Angra do Heroísmo
- Rio de Janeiro
Does provisional capitals count tho?
@Ino, it’s the same city, in Brazil
@I Yes, it is. Long story...
@I Yes, between 1808 and 1821 the capital of Portugal was in Brazil (in Rio de Janeiro). But, at that time, Brazil was part of Portugal. Brazilian independence took place 1 year after the capital's return to Lisbon, in 1822. This return was even one among several reasons for independence.
@I At the time it was in Portugal...
Malaysian here. We didn't "moved" our capital city from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya. We just added the 2nd capital city (like Bolivia, South Africa and some other countries too who have more than 1 capital city)
The parliament, Royal Palace and some ministries offices are still in Kuala Lumpur, while Prime Minister's office, Palace of Justice (Judicial Court), and most of the ministries offices were moved to Putrajaya.
I saw in Wikipedia that Kuala Lumpur (which id love to visit) is listed as the capital and Putrajaya is listed as the “administrative center”. Which supports what you say Izar Azmi.
same goes to Korea
South Africa has three (3) Capital cities.
@@GoodjobSkill Seoul and which other city?
Yes, some countries have an economic capital and a separate administrative/political capital.
Canada had temporary capitals in York (now Toronto), Kingston, and Montreal, before Queen Victoria moved the capital to the permanent home of Ottawa in 1857. It was probably chosen in part because it sat on the border of Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Québec), but also was far enough away from the US border to be less vulnerable to attack.
And now it’s no other than the US who’s responsible for defending such attack lol
"Every country has a capital"
Switzerland: "hold my beer"
Bern is the de facto capital. It's like some Americans saying the US doesn't have an official language even though English is the de facto one
@@Forlfir no switerland does not have a capital, the congress is on bern specfically because it was a small city and not "more important" than any other state. and the united states offical language is offically english, not de facto. all product sold in the us is required to have labels printed in english therefore offical language. the two things you are comparing are tottally different.
@@Ash_Lawless you explained what "de facto" means with your argument. The United States does not have an official language, you can easily look this up even on official websites. And indeed, Bern isnt the capital, it is the de facto capital because it has reasons to be considered something similar to a capital even tho it isn't, officially. Like I said, you literally explained the definition of "de facto"
I agree. I think when we call Bern the capital, it's to fit Switzerland into a box.
@@j.s.7335 exactly, and along with Switzerland we also have Nauru, Nauru doesn't have a capital either but the international community considers Yaren as its capital since the seat of government is there, also a "de facto" capital. Again, I'm using internationally agreed terms here, not something "I think is true", it's a result of years of research I've been doing
Fun fact: Italy, Rome is the only capital that has an enclave (Vatican City State). And both the Italian Embassy to Vatican and the Vatican Embassy to Italy is located in Rome, in Italian territory.
Vatican 'state', like its 'church' is illegitimate!
@@DMSProduktions the Vatican State is in fact legitimate the countries recognize it kkkkkkkkkk
@@DMSProduktions no u
@@sebbo_h7121 Excuse me? Me what?
@@fairweather1704 WTF? Spam the islamospam!
Spain had in its History several capitals, as Toledo (visigothic Spain), Valladolid (1601-1606), Cádiz (1812), Burgos (1936-1939, Nacionalist Spain Civil War), Valencia and Barcelona (1936-1939, Republican Spain Civil War)
Fun fact: Germany‘s historic capital during the times of confederation was Frankfurt before the Prussian dominance meant Berlin would become capital. After WWII it was also a close call between Frankfurt and Bonn.
If I remember correctly they didn´t want to put it in Frankfurt because it would probably end up being a permanent capital, whereas Bonn was an insignificant city before so it would eventually be moved to Berlin.
@@skeletalforce9673 that was one reason but IMHO the even greater reason was that Bonn was a clean slate without much historic significance. Sort of a symbol of an entirely new republic.
Thanks, guys, for the informations.
This is why I like read descriptions and comments under the videos, hoping to learning something new.
@@tobiwan001 another important reason was that... well all other cities were kinda bombed to death. Cologne was also up to debate, but it was destroyed. Bonn on the other hand remained fairly save, so it was decided to make Bonn the capital. (Also, the Bundeskanzler liked Bonn)
"Turkey moving capital is an historical example, let's focus on more recent changes"
Later: "United States of America..."
True 😂
Lol
us is recent
@@v.k5417 DC became the capital in 1790, Ankara in 1923
@@simiaki12 well yeah i realize he is saying in comparison ankara is recent, but 1790 is not very old.
There’s also Japan who moved their capital from Kyoto to Edo (which they quickly renamed Tokyo) in the 1860s after the civil war where they took down the Tokugawa Shogunate and began the Meiji Era.
The more fun fact is Kyoto and Tokyo are reversible words- Western Capital and Eastern Capital. Kyo-to versus To-kyo
@@SantomPh oh yeah! I never noticed that before
@@SantomPh nah, its Kanji characters are different, with 京都 (Kyoto) literally means Capital and 東京 (Tokyo) means East Capital
Here in the Philippines we have Meiji biscuits.
nara > kyoto > tokyo
Nigeria move is more recent that most you featured. In 1991 or 1992, Nigeria moved it's capital from Lagos to Abuja because Lagos was getting too crowded and Abuja was built in the center of the country to be more accessible to everyone.
Yeah
New Zealand’s capital has also moved several times. Okiato was the first capital from 1840-41 but was deemed unsuitable so it moved to Auckland. But due to being so far north it made travel form the South Island difficult so in 1862 Wellington became the capital city
yes true but I thought we had a capital in like 17 hundreds
Oh the story behind Russell being our first capital is so crazy. Basically there are two places called Russell, known in Maori as Okiato and Kororāreka (using their Maori names will help). Originally Govenor Hobson thought Kororāreka would be a good place for the captial but sadly this port had become a hive of scum and villainy. So instead he bought land 5km south in Okiato and called the place Russell. Kororāreka was then called the Port of Russell and they were collectively treated as one. It didn't take long till Hobson regretted this decision and moved our capital out of Russell to Auckland. With no reason to ever go to Russell (Okiato) anymore, the place became basically abandoned and the Port of Russell (Kororāreka) eventually dropped the "port of" so we have two Russells. To add to the silliness, both areas have the same councils, are very close and have such low populations that keeping them separate makes no sense. But even today we often call them Russell/Kororāreka and Old Russell/Okiato and treat them differently.
Anyway TL;DR Okiato is both technically right and wrong as our first capital as the place was called Russell at the time but isn't the Russell we think of as Russell even though the two should be one but isn't for unknown reasons. We Kiwis are total idiots sometimes haha
brazilian here. there's another reason for the change of capital in 1960: they wanted to mitigate the pressure of the population when we protested. since there were a lot of people in rio, there were a lot of demonstrations right I'm front of the congress and presidential palace, which politicians wanted to get rid of.
I didn't know that! Sounds like a logical reason, even if unfair towards the people who should be able to protest directly at the institutions that represent them
@@General.Knowledge in case u havent seen in another comment ,before Rio de Janeiro the capital of Brazil was Salvador only changing to Rio in 1791 or 93
1763*
@@General.Knowledge well i mean, nowadays there are massive protests in the in Brazilia still, when you build a city people follow, so if that was the mais reason, it was pretty dumb
@@randowdude6847 Yes, but besides the fact Brasília is still less than half the size of Rio, the way it was built- very spread, very unfriendly to pedestrians, etc, make harder to concentrate people in front of Congress and the presidential palace than it was in Rio. The subway also doesn't go to the Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Square), and while they won't admit, it is to make harder for protesters.
Since you included Kazakh under Soviet rule, I'd like to mention British India changed its capital from Kolkata (Calcutta as it was known then) to newly planned New Delhi in the year 1911
And to add, it was changed due to increasing anti-British sentiments in Bengal at the time, so Delhi seemed like a good place to make the new capital.
India not only changed its capital Delhi>Kolkata>New Delhi but also changed capital's name from Hastinapur>Indraprastha> Delhi
@@ananddeshpande2156 except that it wasn't called India back when the capitals used to be Indraprastha/Hastinapur. Even the borders were largely different
@@shrek6869 you understand Hindi?
@@ananddeshpande2156 well hastinapur is in meerut which is a little but far from delhi
"every country has a capital city"
Nauru: hold my fosfate.....
What about "Some even have two" - whaaat
@@7girl South Africa
Arijenjen and Yaren is fighting
@@ahmed4100 south africa has 3 capital. Bolivia has two
I mean it’s one tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there isn’t room to have a true capital “city”.
Let me just say that your pronunciation of Guimarães, Coimbra, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília was spot on, 10/10 perfectly spoken.
Edit: Are you Portuguese by any chance? 😅
He is Portuguese
Bro, Brasília it's not on point, cuz it's with the Portugal Portuguese accent, same with Rio de janeiro
Everyone seems to pronounce hard words easily but no one but an Australian can pronounce Canberra
@@dieselboy.7637 and since those places were named by portuguese people that came to Brazil, his accent is correct
@@thetobernator4548 hard is subjective
With the Kazakh capital change there was also another reason. The North of Kazakhstan has a large Russian minority living there, and the Kazakh government had quite a few problems with their "unruliness". So they had another reason to move the capital there to project more power in the region.
Yes, tell that to Borat Sagdayev!
@@DMSProduktions 😐 hilarious my man
@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH Indeed!
You are right, they were trying to separate northern Kazakhstan
This is the reason I knew also. The Economist has covered the topic of capital changes without being afraid of the comments section.
Interesting video. Before Ottawa was selected as capital, Canada moved it capital/seat of government every 4 yeas between Toronto and Quebec between 1849 and 1865.
and then the war of 1812..
@@General.Knowledge Ontario and Quebec are two of the biggest provinces and both had lots of political power, each province wanted capital in their respective province. It took 17 years to agree on the location. Ottawa is in Ontario but it is closer to Quebec.
@@GeographyNuts The recent pandemic has also brought into sharp focus how much of a mistake it has been for Ottawa to be on a provincial boundary but not its own self-governing territory (like Canberra is).
@@davidjames4915 Yes. it has.
It wasn't quite regularly at 4 years, but close enough. If you include the 1840s, Kingston also served 1841-44 and Montreal 1844-49.
I love your videos very much. May I know which software do u use to create such videos and where do you get footages from. Thanks!
Thank you for all your interesting videos! I know this video focus on more recent moves, just thought I could mention my native country of Norway anyway. Bergen, Trondheim and even Avaldsnes claim to be former capitals, but some argue that if we mean a capital in a more modern sence then Copenhagen was the first capital as Norway was under Danish rule at the time. Kristiania, now known as Oslo, was the de facto capital for a long time before Norway got its own constitution, but it didn't become a capital city as such until 1814.
Mongolia - Ulanbaatar was initially a nomadic city that moved several times before finally settling in it's current location
It's a pity that Karakorum isn't the capital of Mongolia anymore.
so rather than moving the capital city, mongolia's city itself moved
Indonesia was actually changed the capital city several times: the temporary capital city in Bukittinggi and Yogyakarta
It was in 1946-1949 during Operation Kraai, a Dutch military offensive against our newly formed nation.
@Jo SM yeah, the city has a distinctive vibes.. they preserve their culture so well
@@alvinaliathos6137 Yogyakarta and Bukittinggi is a temporary capital while Jakarta controlled by the Dutch during military aggression.
as an Indonesian, I agree with you. To be more precise, this is the list of Indonesian capitals from time to time:
17 Aug 1945 Jakarta
4 Jan 1946 Yogyakarta
19 Dec 1948 Bukittinggi
6 Jul 1949 Yogyakarta
17 Aug 1950 Jakarta
28 Aug 1961 de jure Jakarta (until now)
The New Capital (Ibukota Negara Baru, abbreviated as IKN) is currently planned to be operational started from 2024.
@@steveadinegoro oh yes, good job and thank you for explaining this, i was about to write this on the comment section
1:42 - Australia 🇦🇺
3:04 - Brazil 🇧🇷
4:11 - Germany 🇩🇪
5:00 - USA 🇺🇲
6:09 - Pakistan 🇵🇰
7:16 - Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
8:40 - Indonesia 🇮🇩
9:42 - Myanmar 🇲🇲
9:42 - Malaysia 🇲🇾
10:09 - Tanzania 🇹🇿
My globe said the capital of tanzania is dar es salaam
03:05 Actually, the vulnerability to attack wasnt due to the fear of external attack, but civil war; there were many instances in brazilian history where the Navy would revolt and, since the capital was literally a harbor city, would threaten to bombard the capital if their demands were not met
In Spain there's a famous story about the Duke of Lerma, right hand of King Philip III. He was the King's most trusted man and held such influence in the political decisions that he managed to convince the King to move the government and capital to Valladolid. He did this because he held several properties in the area, being named capital the value of these increased, making him a lot of money after selling them. Then, the Duke bought more properties in Madrid and convinced the King to return to the old capital again, profiting from the exact same scheme once again.
So much alike our modern politicians!
300 IQ
Stonks before stonks was even a thing
@@marciacacruz27 currently happening in indonesia.
Its pronounced “Can-bra”. A “can” of beer, a woman’s “bra”.
It made me cringe when he pronouced Can-bear-ra
We pronounce all the letters. Also
Cause we have a rule to use M prior B replacing N, its okey to us say Cam-Beh-Ra
"Can-bra" its really interesting and good to know
@@Eli-007 Most Aussies would pronounce it CAMbra (or camBERRa) without realising that it’s actually an M they’re using.
Also Melbourne is pronounced MEL-BURN
@@robweckert5689 or even Mel-Ben
As an Australian the way you said Canberra made me cry
8:50, Kalimantan or Borneo is famoustly home for rain-forest. Making big city have to cut-off much more trees
Recommendation: imperial capitals by country
Example: Versailles-France, Pekin-China, Petropolis-Brazil, St. Petersburg-Russia
if I'm not wrong, Pekin is still Beijing, it changed how it's written in English, but for some other languages we still use the Pekin format (like in Portuguese, we still say Pequim)
Yeah, in Russian we call it Пекин.
in 20th century, Chinese capitals had changed few times, Beijing, then Nanjing, then Chongqing, then Beijing/Taipei. Pekin is Beijing, just different spieling.
India- Calcutta (Now Kolkata) to New Delhi
@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 In Macedonian we call it Пекинг.
Finland has changed its capital from Turku to Helsinki, but it has been a long time.
The Russians are the ones who did that, right?
@@Forlfir Correct. After the annexation of Finland by the Russian Empire in early 1800s. The Capital was moved because Turku was too close to Sweden and Helsinki was easier to defend and get access to from Russia.
@@Forlfir Speaking of the Russians, they too changed their capital. During WW1 The Germans were technically.........whoopin Russia's a**.(lol) And they were getting closer and closer to St. Petersburg, and Lenin and his government were worried of them taking them and the capital, so they moved to today's Moscow.
@@General.Knowledge Long story short: Russia
@@General.Knowledge Turku was too Swedish influenced and a more central area for the capital was needed. Helsinki was established geographically "midway" between Sweden and Russia.
I've heard that Egypt may be considering relocating their capital city from Cairo, and building a new capital city to take its place sometime in the near future because Cairo is very overcrowded now.
A video on countries that have multiple capitals, or official/ceremonial capitals and defacto capitals would be fascinating!
Nigeria 🇳🇬 Capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja in 1990.
First capital of was Calabar even before Lagos.😊
@@marcusibe589Imagine a Nigerian claiming Lagos was the first capital of Nigeria.
Same people might be the ones editing informations about Nigeria on Wikipedia.
They’ll probably tell you Hausa or Yoruba is the official language of Nigeria and islam is the official religion.
True
1991
Fun Fact: The Philippines have a movement of Capital Cities to;
In 1901- Malolos, Bulacan established as the Capital of the First Philippine Republic.
1903- After the dissolution of the First Republic, Americans chose Manila as the Capital City of the whole Philippine Islands.
1948- Almost 3 years after WW2, The Philippine Government moved the Capital from Manila to Quezon City until 1976.
1976- The Country's Capital move again to Manila and became permanent seat of the National Government.
Think there’s plans to move it again with Metro Manila literally having little to no room to expand and with high risk of flooding being sandwiched between Manila Bay and Laguna Lake.
Think they’re building a new city between Tarlac City in Tarlac and Angeles City in Pampanga so it would have way more room to expand as well as good road and water connections via Tarlac river. Though I’m not sure if it’s wise to build it so close to Mt Pinatubo 😂
While government office had been relocated into Putrajaya, Malaysia still sit their Parliament in Kuala Lumpur.
Fun Fact: New Zealand has had 3 capital city's
1. Old Russel (Okiato) 1840 - 1841
2. Auckland 1841 - 1865
3. Wellington 1865 - Now
"I want to focus on more recent" And goes on to talk about US in 1790
Well he probably did that because the majority of his viewers are probably American. But in reality most Americans could care less what the capital was before Washington DC.
Good judge
maybe also to give background information
I'm Scottish and we changed capital city back in 1437 so i guess it's relatively recent 😅
1790 is not as old as you think
The way you pronounced Rio de Janeiro gave away your accent! Then I was 95% certain you were Portuguese. But I had to confirm by checking out the 'about' tab of the channel. Nailed it LOL... I'm originally from Brazil! That's why.... Been watching your channel for ages now. Amazing content! Cheers!
In Myanmar, there are a lot of changes in the country's capital. Yangon or Rangoon became the capital under British rule. Before British rule in Myanmar, the last royal capital of our last kingdom was Mandalay which is the current second-largest city in Myanmar.
9:19 Kuala Lumpur is constitutionally still the Federal capital of Malaysia and is still the seat of the Monarch and the Parliament (Federal legislature). Putrajaya, which was established in the 1990s, is now the administrative and judicial capital.
Indonesia had also change its capital back in forth between Jakarta-Yogyakarta-Bukit Tinggi during war of independence and Dutch Military Aggression
That capital change is during the dutch attacks and its not literal capital, its emergency capital
Bukittinggi not Padang
@@koerindoe ah right... Thanks for correction
Well this is awkward.....😬
@@dutchgameboi2892 hahaha i see what did you there
You forgot at least Nigeria (from Lagos to Abuja), Sri Lanka (from Colombo to Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte) and Ivory Coast (from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro). Also, Equatorial Guinea is in the process of building a new capital.
Colombo was not the capital of Sri Lanka at all.It was a port and was part of the larger city of Sri Jayawardenapurakotte
@@geocritic3577 colombo once was a capital. Till they changed it in 1982. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte became the main capital. Although some people still think Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka.
The latest was Burundi from Bujumbura back to Gitega
Sri Lankan here. Colombo was the capital till it was moved in 1982. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is like a suburb of Colombo. Colombo is still the commercial hub and main city while Kotte hosts a few government buildings and the parliament.
Indonesia too they will change from Jakarta to a rural town in Borneo Is
Small correction to the Australian part; at the time of federation in 1901, Melbourne was the largest city (and economic centre) of Australia, as a result of the Victorian gold rush in the second half of the 19th century. Sydney didn't overtake Melbourne as Australia's largest city until 1905, but Melbourne overtook Sydney again last year (4.93m compared to 4.89m), although the 'Greater Sydney' statistical area which includes surrounding country towns outside the metropolis is still slightly larger than Melbourne's.
Melbourne was not the capital in "colonial times", it was the capital from federation and independence, 1901 !. Sydney was capital from 1788 !!! Capt Phillip's papers said he was responsible for N.Z. too ! ( But the Sydney authorities never went to NZ much and it was private settlers who went to NZ..) But by 1901 the other colonies had split off and answered to London directly , not to Sydney.
Thank you for including Tanzania, a fellow Tanzanian here!
In Poland the capital was changed from Cracow to Warsaw but this was more than 400 years ago...
That was 400 years ago. But 200 years ago we started talking about Industrial Society
@Polski Nacjonalista Some sources say that Poznań was before Gniezno, based on the bishop thing that I don't remember what was called in English.
Białystok may have briefly been the capital of Masovia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_capitals_of_Poland
That was 4th Century ago
🇮🇩 Indonesia, actually Indonesia was moved a Capital city 6 times, start from Jakarta - Yogyakarta - Bukittinggi (West Sumatera) - Bieureuen ( Aceh ) - and back again to Jakarta ( because Dutch Military Aggression) and than will move from Jakarta to East kalimantan soon.
Wait, u guys going to change CAPITAL CITY or Administrative ?.
Malaysia built up frm ground up, Administrative capital - PutraJaya. But Officialy CAPITAL city is still Kuala Lumpur.
@@kentershackle1329 : change Capital city no more jakarta, but Jakarta become businesses city as well.
@Jo SM 2022
@@sekardhanilintangbaruna8811 yeah its the start of building but the goverment will move between 2033-2035
@@kentershackle1329 change capital city, who's talking about Malaysia here?
🇮🇹ITALY:
Constitutional capitals:
Turin (1861-1865),
Florence (1865-1871)
Rome (1871-1946)
Provisional government seats:
Brindisi (1943-1944)
Salerno (1944)
Constitutional capital: Rome (1944 to present day)
New Zealand has had three! Okiato (aka Russell), Auckland then Wellington
As a Malaysian, I've never heard of Putrajaya being the new capital. Yes, Putrajaya may have most of the government moved over there due to overcrowding, but in schools, Kuala Lumpur is taught to be the capital city of Malaysia.
Edit: Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya are both considered as "Federal Territories".
"Putrajaya" What a Beautiful Name
@@trabacula2000 Putrajaya was named after Malaysia's first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj, much of the Ministries of the Federal Government are now located including the Office of the Prime Minister. The Federal Parliament meanwhile remained in Kuala Lumpur.
@ARP ya true!
Kuala Lumpur is for all intents and purposes both the Administrative and financial capital of Malaysia due to its proximity to Putrajaya, they're basically part of the same city
ayo spot a Malaysian!!!
#kerajaangagal
#azminletakjawatan
Turkey moves in 1922 and that's "historical". Washington D.C. "recent"
He said ‘alot of them are centuries old’ after mentioning turkey. That doesn’t mean all
Turkey has a historic feel. USA doesn’t have that historic feel.
@@thekraken1173 does turkey have a historic feel because you've never traveled outside your country?
@@thatguy740 one of them literally has a thousand years old rivalry with founder of europe(greece).
@@thatguy740 No. USA has a newer feel because it is a country that has less history and it is a country that is significantly newer.
“Then they stopped moving the capital every time the emperor died and kept it in one place for a while.”
Well explained thank you
The most interesting thing I can take away from this is that its nearly more common for the capital to move than it is for it to stay in the same place. I think most of us think of a place like Rome. Sort of, the center of an imperial state. A state its own in a sense. But in modern Nations, the Capital is a negotiated piece to be moved around for politics. The capital isn't actually the value. Its the history and sites associated with it. A sort of shared memory that adds to the brand.
During the Roman Empire itself, the capital moved at least twice, first to Mediolanum (Milan) and then to Constantinople when the west fell (simplified).
Hello there, I really appreciate you for showing Indonesia's plan to move its capital city, however you missed the chance to explain that we have had few ex-capital cities too like Bukittinggi and Yogyakarta due to great dispute with Dutch colonialists in 1946 despite already proclaiming our independence in 1945. I personally think that if those informations were added it would serve better knowledge for those who are watching. Still a great video!
They had a capital called “tall hill"? And I thought Islamabad was very literal...
@@rks11106 lmao tall hill 😭😭
@@rks11106 something I wonder what the guy first thought before naming that hill
Interesting video. I would like to add Bulgaria in that list as well. The country has had 4 capitals throughout its histroy: Pliska, Preslav, Veliko Tarnovo, and Sofia.
I am from Indonesia and now it is official that capital city be moved from Jakarta to Nusantara city in East Kalimantan/Borneo
Nice video!
Unfortunately, Indonesia's new capital is still a plan. It doesn't have any legal basis from Parliament yet. Also, because COVID-19 pandemic, it hard to say this plan is going to realize soon.
The architect is already designed the building
TELL all the terrorists in your country to STOP deliberately spreading covid-19 as a weapon of jihad!
@@DMSProduktions What do you mean? It is such a fool thing, dude. Do you have any proof of it?
@@DMSProduktions you have some loose screws
@@dimactavicus Err NO! Have any proof? How MANY Indonesians do you know?
Probably NONE! Unlike me!
You sound like an Islamophile!
The South Korean government announced in 2007 that they were going to move the capital from Seoul to Sejong. It's still under construction and the National Assembly isn't supposed to move for a few more years, but they have relocated some administrative offices. They're building it because Seoul is 1. Super crowded and 2. very close to the North Korean border.
Perhaps outside of your timeframe, but the case of Italy is interesting as the unified state always intended to have Rome as its capital but nonetheless had several before it finally managed to annex the city from the Papal States 150 years ago.
Brazil,s first capital was Salvador. But Portugal changed in 1763 to Rio de Janeiro because the bay could strategically protect the navy and was easier to control tax from mines export.
6:10 I appreciate your efforts to pronounce Rawalpindi. that was cute
5:58 Pakistan. cute pronunciation ❤😄
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
🇵🇰💚
Pakistan gang
✌️😃🇵🇭 *Fun Fact:*
The City of Quezon was intended to replace the capital City of Manila as the national capital of the Philippines when it was created in October 12, 1939. It was proclaimed as such in July 17, 1948 through Republic Act No. 333, and it held its status as the official capital of the Philippines until June 24, 1976 through Presidential Decree No. 940.
@RendomT
Yeah. 😃 Doon sana hinahangad na orihanal na ipatayo ang National Capitol sa Lungsod ng Quezon at kung saan din sana ililipat o ilalagay ang Kongreso. Ito rin ay parte ng mas malawak na National Government Center o NGC na kung saan din sana ililipat o ilalagay ang mga pangunahing sangay ng gobyerno na ehekutibo, hudikatura, at lehislatibo. Ang NGC ay nasa may palibot ng Elliptical Road at ng Quezon City Quadrangle, at dito sana ang magiging sentro o puwesto ng pamahalaang nasyonal ng ating bansa.
@RendomT It was a quick decision to change it after the war as Manila was in tatters after the Second World War (2nd most destroyed capital city after Warsaw) and became the Capital as it really was intended to be the capital, with the Quezon Circle to become a roundabout full of government institutions, until President Marcos decreed Manila to be the capital again for historical reasons, as it was the main city even during the 40s-70s while Quezon City was the Capital.
But way back during the arrival of the Spanish. Didn't they made Cebu as the capital of the Philippines before choosing Manila?
@@k-studio8112
✌️😃🇵🇭 Yeah. The area of what is now Cebu City or the whole or entire island of Cebu was the first capital of the Philippines when Miguel Lopez de Legaspi established the first Spanish settlement in the islands, before the area of what is now the province and the city of Iloilo in Panay island became the second Spanish settlement in the islands and was established as a capital, and before they conquest the area of what is now Manila in Luzon island, which then later on served as the seat of the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines.
There had been many other changes in the capital or national capital and the seat of government of the Philippines depending on the republic, who was or who were in charge or in authority and in power at a given time in history, the government and the type of government, and other historical factors and events like as a result of invasions, attacks, battles, and wars which resulted the Philippines to have a government-in-exile and to have temporary headquarters in other places or areas in our country or in other countries.
The most recent change was Manila aka Manila City or the City of Manila as the capital of the newly independent Third Republic of the Philippines from 1945 to 1948, then it changed to Quezon City or the City of Quezon from 1948 to 1975, and then back to Manila as the country's capital from 1976 up until now in the present, but also with the whole or entire and newly reorganized and formed metropolitan area of the National Capital Region or NCR (aka Manila Metropolitan Area/Metro Manila) as the seat of government.
Just to name a few @Sining Tadhana
I live in Indonesia and yes they do intend to move the capital city from Jakarta to Kalimantan. They have not done it yet though.
Actualy, Italy has also changed capital 3 times! From the birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the capital was first Turin and then moved to Florence. Only in 1870 with the breach of Porta Pia did Rome become the capital.
I think the location of U.S. capitol, D.C., was placed in the center of what was the middle of the country to equalize travel times. As a kid a teacher told me there was speculation of moving the capitol to Kansas while she was in college since that's become the geographic center of the contiguous 48 states.
Well, also because it is in the middle of the 13 colonies
Iran: ya’ll are so cute. I’ve changed my capital 32 times :))
😄
Any interesting ones?
@@hungjury7482 some notable ones in history:
Achaemenid dynasty: ancient city of Pasargadae, ancient city of Susa
Parthian dynasty: Hamadan, ancient city of Susa
Sassanian dynasty: ancient city of Estakhr, ancient city of Susa, ancient city of Ctesiphon
Samanid dynasty: Bukhara, Samarqand
Tahirid dynasty: Nishapur
Safavid dynasty: Tabriz, Qazvin, Isfahan
Afsharid dynasty: Mashhad
Zand dynasty: Shiraz
Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties and Islamic Republic: Tehran
What about China?
That's really interesting, thank you!
In 1840, the capital of New Zealand was Okiato (also known as Old Russell), then the year after it was moved to Auckland and finally, in 1865 the capital was moved again to Wellington which is still the capital today.
I look at a lot of old maps so some of these were news to me!
Montserrat changed its capital recently due to the volcano exclusion zone rendering their previous capital useless. Bermuda changed theirs from St. Goerge's to Hamilton, but that was 200+ years ago.
"Every country has a capital city."
My apologies, Nauru and Switzerland. You do not seem to be a country
And South Africa.
switzerland has bern though
He mean every country has at least 1 capital. Nauru is just an exception
@@j4jsk902 As the seat of the Federal Council and Assembly, Bern is considered the SEAT of government and DEFACTO capital of Switzerland. But, in line with their Central European ultra-federalism, it is never officially referred to as the capital.
isn't genève the capital of switzerland?
1976, Philippines, from Quezon City back to Manila City (capital city), but this time instead of a single city, the seat of power is the collective National Capital Region (NCR), Greater Manila Area (GMA), or simply Metropolitan Manila (Metro Manila) with Manila City, Quezon City, and other cities surrounding them.
It is being planned to transfer the capital to a different region but so far proposals are still in status quo.
Italy moved many times. Torino (1861-1865).Florence (1865-1870).Rome (1871 current). In 1944 capital had moved in Salerno for WWII.
Fiquei impressionado com o conteúdo que encontrei neste canal, parabéns pelo trabalho, grande abraço! 😁✌️🇵🇹🇧🇷
India changed its capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911.
I think it is a notable one!
It was british india back then not the independent one
Delhi is capital from Mughal period
Delhi had always been the capital of India since the Mughals; while other kingdoms and empires in the Indian Subcontinent had their own capitals.
Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) was simply the capital of the British East India company. So when India formally fell under the British Empire, the capital was in a way still there in Delhi only.
@@sohampendokhare5357 Historically Delhi wasn't always capital of India , It was became capital in 7th century.
India didn't exist before 1947.
British Raj capital was Kolkata. He didn't say empire capitals, he said national empires. If he said empire he would mention the Mughal Empire capital too
7:56 yeah Indonesia
btw I'm in the southern part of the island of Borneo/Kalimantan, the city of Banjarmasin so it's a bit close to the new capital candidate
There was no capital of Australia before 1901, as all the colonies that ended up constituting it were independent of each other until then. From 1901 to 1913 the actual capital was Melbourne and the Federal Parliament operated from there, moving core functions in 1927 to Canberra when it was sufficiently built. Even then it took quite a long time to move it all.
In Morocco it was "Tangier" (in the time of roman empire) and after Islam and Morocco became a kingdom the first capital was "walili" then "Fes" then "Marrakech" then it was changed between "Marrakech" and "Fes" about three times then it becomes "Mekness" then "Fes" and finally "Rabat"
Wait,do you live in morocco?
@@yourfellowscratchjrenthusiast yep
Next western sahara
@@MADAN0401 next Catalonia 🙂
That’s a lot of capital moving
If you go to Putrajaya now, it's empty, seriously everytime I go there it's empty the only great thing to do there is the Park's and the food
Its justs as empty as my brain
@@mip5944 how nic3
Just like ESEMKA car of Indonesia
Putrid, what a stink!
@@DMSProduktions Putrajaya.. Putra is the name the first prime minister Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra AL-Haj. He is kedah royal family. The oldest monarch unbroken line since 500BC House of Mahawangsa..
Around 10:45 you provide a map with every coastal capital, but the Dutch/Netherlands capital is Amsterdam and isn't a coastal city. The Hague is our city of parliament, but isn't on the coast as well. It's being pushed back from the coast bij Scheveningen, a stand-alone city.
Malawi also moved its Capital from Zomba to Lilongwe, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda did it relocate the capital in more central area of the country
I can confirm Canberra is a freezing hell hole in the middle of winter.
I used to ride daily from Chapman into Barton and back via bike paths, the ice on those paths during winter was no joke.
Compared to what?? It just happens to be the only major Australian city situated inland and therefore experiencing a real continental climate with 4 equal seasons and a real winter. As a result, Australians, who have not lived in a place with a real winter, think they've discovered the 3rd level of Dante's ice inferno, whereas anyone from northern Europe or North America would laugh at was passes for winter in Canberra.
Nah! Canberra is always toasty WARM due to all the HOT air that blows out of Parliament House!
@Jo SM You seem an expert: How many years have you lived there?
@Exalt Chrom Yeah, & it's MANUKA oval, not Manuka!
Honduras in Central America also changed its capital in 1880 from Comayagua to Tegucigalpa.
Former name of Indonesia in colonial era is Dutch East Indische, in the long time ago The Goverment of Dutch East Indische are planning moved their capital from Batavia (now Jakarta) to Bandung in West Java but it didn't happen because of the arrival of the Japanese army in 1942. After recognition of the sovereignty of The Republic of Indonesia, President Soekarno in around 1950's planning moved the capital from Jakarta to Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan but it didn't happen because the condition of the country is not yet stable. Now after 2019, President Joko Widodo planning moved the capital from Jakarta to Penajam Passer (Nusantara) in East Kalimantan
Kazakhstan changed their capital 5 times lol
It’s in the video lol
Lovely innit
@@General.Knowledge 🐸
Because of BORAT
Italy changes twice aswell after unification
Yes exactly - first Turin/Torino, then Florence/Firenze from 1865, and lastly Rome from 1870 onwards.
True, but it was always supposed to be Rome, for obvious historical reasons. When Italy was unified in 1861 Rome was still controlled by the Church State so we needed a temporary capital until we were finally able to recapture the city.
yeah but before unification there was no Italian nation, there were fractured kingdoms who didn't even speak the same language. Every kingdom had it's own dialect
@@Geckotr As an Italian myself, allow me to disagree. The Italian nation (meaning a group of people who feel a sense of shared community based on language, culture and historical heritage) existed way before the unification. Traces of Italian shared culture can be seen as far back as the 1200s, when the vulgar languages started to be used in place of Latin, and there was always a common sense of what it means to be "Italian". It's true that we lived for a long time divided into smaller kingdoms, each with its own unique identity, but that was mostly a political division that originated from contingent historical reasons, not a cultural one. The unification itself couldn't have happened at all if there was no Italian nation that wanted it to happen.
Japan has an interesting history of changing capitols. Every time there was a new ruler (shogun, emperor, etc.) , the capital city was supposed to relocate. From the beginning of the Meiji era, the the capitol relocated from Kyoto to Edo/Tokyo, and has remained there ever since. Other capital cities were Kamakura, Osaka, Kanazawa, and Nara, just to name a few.
This could be an interesting video in and of itself.
China has also moved capitals. China's Four Great Ancient Capitals would also make for an interesting video.
Jamaica has changed capital a bunch of times. St Jago de la Vega was the capital under Spain. It was moved to Port Royale after the English took over.
Port Royale + earthquake = Spanish Town (the unimaginative British renaming of St Jago de la Vega) as capital while the new (and current) capital Kingston was being built.
If memory serves, there was another, earlier capital in the north, under the Spanish.
Brazil:
Salvador -> Rio de Janeiro -> Brasília
You forgot Burundi, changed their capital in 2019 from Bujumbura to Gitega.
Wow you smart
He intensely forgot Burundi . 🙃
And about Equatorial Guinea which have 2 capitals... Bata and MAlabo ... I think it´s a curious thing to mention.
I feel like I remember many maps and blobes back in school with Sydney as the cap lol
Myanmar’s military government were the ones to move the capital and from what I’ve read they did it so that the people couldn’t see what the government was doing. Since the capital is really isolated
Spain when it is Castille change their capital from Valladolid to Madrid because of the geographical location in the centre
Canada also did move its current capita Ottawa from Toronto and Montreal to be somewhat in between the 2 For Indonesia, Jakarta is still the capital as the East Borneo capital area is stil under construction.... not sure when its going to be done. The Finamcial hub is still going to be Jakatra 😊
Thanks for putting Brazil on the thumb :3
I haven't been to Canberra since 2002, when I lived in Australia, but then it was one of the lamest capital cities I have visited.
You obviously never went to $10 Schnitzel Mondays at the Canberra Trade Union Club (conditions apply). You can stick the Reichstag or the Eiffel Tower right up your bum after that.
It’s boring asf
It’s very pretty but fairly small compared to Sydney and Melbourne and mostly just an administrative city. It is a lot more lively and interesting nowadays but not somewhere you want to spend much time in.
@@mborder8428 LOL!
At least it’s not as boring as Ottawa and being from Ottawa, pains me to say that Ottawa is, yeah, pretty boring.
Also Italy changed it capital. Firts i was at Torino, than to Firenze and then to Rome
Milan was also a capital for some time.
@@emeraldsroses0524 No, not of united Italy.
Recent changes, back to 50 yrs been mentioned in video
@@martw.5938 not really, Italy changed its capitals much later than the US moved the see of the government to Washington D.C.
Sri Lanka - from Colombo to Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte (Kotte for short)
Nigeria - from Lagos to Abuja
Cote d'lvorie - from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro
Malawi - from Zomba to Lilongwe
Montenegro - from Cetinje to Podgorica
Philippines - from Quezon City to Manila
Guinea Bissau - from Boe to Bissau
Fun fact:
The planning of moving the capital of Indonesia is already exist in Soekarno era (as I know, correct me if I'm wrong), but from all president era after him is not being done. Until now the Jokowi era are really doing it (under progress).
And another one, in the early independence of the country we have moved our capital into Yogyakarta. Beacause Jakarta was attacked by the allied force (Netherlands+Britain). And get officially be the capital in 1949 due to the founding of United States of Indonesia.
But in 1950 due to dissolution of Republik Indonesia Serikat (United States of Indonesia) the capital was moved again to Jakarta
I apologize if my English is kinda broken cause I'm not even native speaker after all