Capital region

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A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding the country's capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym. Capital regions can exist for either national or subnational capitals.

First-level administrative country subdivisions

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English name Local name Country
Australian Capital Territory   Australia
Brussels-Capital Region Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale   Belgium
National Capital Region Canada's Capital Region Région de la capitale nationale   Canada
Capital Economic Zone 首都圈 (Shǒudū quān)   China
Capital Region of Denmark Region Hovedstaden   Denmark
Helsinki capital region Huvudstadsregionen Pääkaupunkiseutu   Finland
Capital Region Höfuðborgarsvæðið   Iceland
National Capital Region (NCR) राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र (Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra)   India
Special Capital Region of Jakarta Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta   Indonesia
National Capital Region 首都圏 (Shuto-ken)   Japan
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia
Federal Capital Territory Babban Birnin Tarayya Agbègbè Olú-ìlú Ìjọba Àpapọ̀   Nigeria
Islamabad Capital Territory اسلام آباد کا دارالحکومت علاقہ (Islāmābād Kā Dār-Al-Hukūmat Ilākā)   Pakistan
National Capital Region Kalakhang Maynila (Metro Manila) Pambansang Punong Rehiyon[1]   Philippines
Seoul Capital Area 수도권 (首都圈 Sudo-gwon)   South Korea
Capital Metropolitan Area 都會區 (Dūhùi qū)   Taiwan
United States Capital Region   United States
Hanoi Capital Region Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội   Vietnam

Second-level administrative country subdivisions

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Capital region name Local name Subnational entity Country
Edmonton Capital Region   Alberta   Canada
Capital Regional District   British Columbia   Canada
Winnipeg Capital Region   Manitoba   Canada
National Capital Capitale-Nationale   Quebec   Canada
Mariehamn Capital Region Mariehamns stad   Åland   Finland
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాజధాని ప్రాంతం (Āndhrapradeś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ)   Andhra Pradesh   India
Chandigarh Capital Region   Chandigarh   India
Capital District   New York   United States
Cardiff Capital Region Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd   Wales   United Kingdom

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (in Filipino). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2018.