List of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions

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This is a list of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions.

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## List

City  | Capital of  | Date  | Notes

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Subdivision  | Country
Adelaide |  South Australia  |  Australia  | 1836  |
Amaravati  | Andhra Pradesh  |  India  | 2014  | moved from Hyderabad[1]
Banjarbaru  | Template:Country data South Kalimantan |  Indonesia  | 2022  | moved from Banjarmasin, construction of the city began in 1953 and official city status was given in 1999
Belo Horizonte  | Template:Country data Minas Gerais |  Brazil | 1897  | moved from Ouro Preto
Chandigarh | Punjab and Haryana  |  India  | 1947  | because partition of India placed Punjab's capital, Lahore, in Pakistan ; Haryana created out of part of Indian Punjab in 1966 and shares capital
Changwon  | South Gyeongsang  |  South Korea  | 1983  | moved from Busan
Columbia  |  South Carolina  |  United States | 1790  | moved from Charleston
Columbus  |  Ohio  |  United States | 1816  | moved from Chillicothe
Gandhinagar  | Gujarat  |  India  | 1960  | founded upon split of Bombay State into two states
Goiânia | Template:Country data Goiás |  Brazil | 1933  | moved from Goiás Velho
Indianapolis |  Indiana  |  United States | 1825  | moved from Corydon
Jackson  |  Mississippi  |  United States | 1821  | moved from Natchez
Jefferson City  |  Missouri  |  United States | 1826  | moved from St. Charles
La Plata  | Template:Country data Buenos Aires Province |  Argentina  | 1882  | moved from Buenos Aires
Lansing  |  Michigan  |  United States | 1847  | moved from Detroit
Lelystad  | Template:Country data Flevoland |  Netherlands  | 1967  | the province consists almost entirely of reclaimed land
Madison  |  Wisconsin  |  United States | 1836  | capital moved from Burlington, now part of Iowa in 1837
Magas  |  Ingushetia  |  Russia  | 2002  | moved from Nazran
Maryborough  | Queen's County  | Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland Ireland | 1556  | Named for Queen Mary I and founded as part of the Plantation of Laois and Offaly, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. Today the town is known as Portlaoise and the county is County Laois.
Milledgeville  |  Georgia (U.S. state)  |  United States | 1807  | moved from Louisville; briefly moved to Macon in 1864, then back; moved to Atlanta in 1868
Molave  | Zamboanga  |  Philippines  | 1948  | moved from Dipolog; ceased to be the capital after the division of the province into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur in 1952
Neuquén  | Neuquén Province |  Argentina  | 1904  | moved from Chos Malal
Palayan  | Template:Country data Nueva Ecija |  Philippines  | 1965  | moved from Cabanatuan; Cabanatuan retains the old provincial capitol and is still used by the provincial government
Palmas | Template:Country data Tocantins |  Brazil | 1990  | founded as capital of the new state of Tocantins, formed in 1988 from part of the state of Goiás. Replaced the provisional capital of Miracema do Norte
Perth  |  Western Australia  |  Australia  | 1829  | founded as the capital of the Swan River Colony, which, several years later, was enlarged and renamed Western Australia
Philipstown  | King's County  | Template:Country data Kingdom of Ireland Ireland | 1556  | Named for King Philip II and founded as part of the Plantation of Laois and Offaly, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. It was replaced as the county town by Tullamore in 1883. Today Philipstown is known as Daingean and the county is County Offaly.
Pierre  |  South Dakota  |  United States | 1889  | when the Dakota Territory divided into North and South Dakota and gained statehood, moved from then territorial capital Bismarck, North Dakota which, by default, became state capital of North Dakota. Previous territorial capital before Bismarck was Yankton, South Dakota from 1861-1883.
Raleigh  |  North Carolina  |  United States | 1794  | moved from New Bern
Salt Lake City  |  Utah  |  United States | 1847  | de facto capital of Utah prior to 1856 and de jure capital since.
Sapporo  | Template:Country data Hokkaidō |  Japan  | 1870s  | from the early 1870s, moved from Hakodate
Savannah  |  Georgia (U.S. state)  |  United States  | 1733  | founded as capital of new Georgia colony; remained capital until 1777 and was briefly again in 1782 and 1784-6
Shah Alam | Template:Country data Selangor |  Malaysia  | 1978  | moved from Kuala Lumpur when the latter became a Federal Territory
Tallahassee  |  Florida  |  United States | 1824  | from the capitals of the colonies of East Florida and West Florida Pensacola and St. Augustine
Teresina  | Template:Country data Piauí | Template:Country data Empire of Brazil | 1852  | moved from Oeiras
Trece Martires  | Template:Country data Cavite |  Philippines  | 1954  | moved from Cavite City; still the seat of the provincial government despite the capital having transferred to Imus making Trece Martires the de facto capital of Cavite while Imus is the de jure capital of the province.
Victoria  |  British Columbia  |  Canada  | 1849  | nearby Fort Victoria had existed earlier, but in 1849 the town was specifically laid out to be the capital of the new Colony of Vancouver Island; became capital of United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia in 1866 when united with the mainland; remained capital after British Columbia became Canadian province in 1871
Zhongxing New Village | Taiwan Province  |  Republic of China  | 1956  | moved from Taipei City. Not recognized by People's Republic of China, which still mark Taipei as capital (or not mark any capital) of its Taiwan Province 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.

## See also

* Lists of capitals

## References

1. ↑ Kalavalapalli, Yogendra (2016-07-22). "Amaravati: A capital idea, but how feasible?" (in en). https://www.livemint.com/Politics/fpmYw43wSuaTHwfTgTlpgK/Amaravati-A-capital-idea.html.

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