Not trying to be snarky, but it’s interesting that Annapolis, MD (the state capital) is only about 30 miles from Washington DC.
And Washington is the capital of the District of Columbia.
I think.
Washington is the District of Columbia (today, at least). It’s the capital, but, like the Vatican, only in the sense that every place has to have a capital in order to satisfy list-creators.
A cow-orker told the taxi driver to take us to the international terminal in Hong Kong.
What, while you were in Singapore? That must have been one hell of a fare.
Putting aside island countries like Australia and New Zealand, what continental country has the most remote capital? The capital city that’s the furthest from the nearest foreign capital city?
A look at my globe leads me to believe it’s Brasilia, which is 1461 km from Asuncion, Paraguay.
Am I right or is there a more remote capital city?
The same issue applies to Jerusalem (although even more contentiously), which both Israel and Palestine regard as their capital. Israel regards the whole city as part of Israel, while Palestine claims East Jerusalem as its capital, even though it’s occupied by Israel.