capital city

Summary

capital city draws 4,538 Wikipedia views per month (countries category, ranking #2 of 2).^[1]

Key Facts

• capital city is a type of city^[2].
• capital city is a type of administrative centre^[3].
• capital city's Commons category is recorded as Capitals^[4].
• capital city is the opposite of former capital^[5].
• capital city's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Capitals^[6].
• capital city's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National capitals^[7].
• capital city's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as capital=yes^[8].
• capital city's partially coincident with is recorded as largest city^[9].
• capital city's main Wikidata property is recorded as P36^[10].
• capital city's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1376^[11].
• capital city's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Capital^[12].
• capital city's different from is recorded as seat^[13].
• capital city's different from is recorded as administrative centre^[14].
• capital city's different from is recorded as Q20451116^[15].
• capital city's different from is recorded as The Capitol^[16].
• capital city's has part is recorded as chef-lieu^[17].
• capital city's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].
• capital city's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Category:Wikipedia categories named after capitals^[19].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for capital city include Tokyo^[20], a metropolitan prefecture^[21], in Japan^[22], founded in 1868^[23], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building^[24]; Beijing^[25], a city^[26], in People's Republic of China^[27]; Seoul^[28], a Special City of Korea^[29], in South Korea^[30], founded in 1395^[31]; Kyoto^[32], a city designated by government ordinance^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1889^[35]; Nanjing^[36], a big city^[37], in People's Republic of China^[38], founded in -0495^[39]; Washington Capitals^[40], an ice hockey team^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1974^[43]; Astana^[44], a city or town^[45], in Kazakhstan^[46], founded in 1830^[47]; and EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route^[48].

Why It Matters

capital city draws 4,538 Wikipedia views per month (countries category, ranking #2 of 2).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for it include Tokyo^[20], a metropolitan prefecture^[21], in Japan^[22], founded in 1868^[23], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building^[24]; Beijing^[25], a city^[26], in People's Republic of China^[27]; Seoul^[28], a Special City of Korea^[29], in South Korea^[30], founded in 1395^[31]; Kyoto^[32], a city designated by government ordinance^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1889^[35]; Nanjing^[36], a big city^[37], in People's Republic of China^[38], founded in -0495^[39]; and Washington Capitals^[40], an ice hockey team^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1974^[43].