These Cities Would be Better for the Capital. I Check How Well-placed the Capitals are

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @albertromansky9501
    @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +4

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  • @Scober420
    @Scober420 2 дня назад +137

    capitals are historic cities that are chosen for a reason

    • @lslusa
      @lslusa 2 дня назад +29

      Warsaw was actually chosen to be a capital of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth because it was located near the population center of a country back then.

    • @Diegosarmii
      @Diegosarmii День назад

      Well, Berlin isn't anymore the historical city it used to be, just a modern shithole nowadays.

    • @Kaden-hh2et
      @Kaden-hh2et День назад

      How about Istanbul

    • @FodaseNaoLigo
      @FodaseNaoLigo 23 часа назад

      Then it should be krakow

  • @ItsSeated
    @ItsSeated День назад +95

    For Germany, Berlin used to be center of Germany, until they lost land to Poland

    • @V4LCZAK
      @V4LCZAK День назад +3

      xddddd cry

    • @masterplan2882
      @masterplan2882 День назад +1

      ​​@@V4LCZAKwhat is the problem?

    • @Under_scorr3_
      @Under_scorr3_ День назад +11

      @@V4LCZAK zachowuj sie. przynosisz wstyd polakom w internecie

    • @Adixeeel
      @Adixeeel День назад +1

      given back not lost

    • @ItsSeated
      @ItsSeated День назад +4

      @@Adixeeel the germans used to rule the area 'til the slavic expansion, northwest of Germany used to have slavic culture until it was destroyed/removed by germans and conquered the area again (well your technically correct but the Germans is the first to own the land)
      (any correction?)

  • @xijinpig8982
    @xijinpig8982 2 дня назад +57

    I have to disagree about the capital being in the centre of the country.
    A good example is New Delhi. New Delhi was known in ancient times as Indraprastha, and this city was located east of the Sutlej and Ghaggar rivers and west of the Yamuna river.
    The rivers to the west of Delhi (Indus river system) flow westward into the Arabian sea, while those in the east flow eastward into the Bay of Bengal. Due to this, the city of Indraprastha connects the Indus and Ganges river systems.
    To add to that, it is strategically located close to the Thar Desert, Chambal River (eastern Rajasthan and Western Madhya Pradesh) and Narmada River basin (Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh) in the centre of India.
    This even connects to the coasts of South India, since the rivers of both Indus and Ganges systems can connect to the open seas.
    So eventhough Delhi is not in the centre of the country, it is the passageway between the 2 river systems. Due to this it is arguably the best place to have a capital.

    • @SaadBinAlamgir3345
      @SaadBinAlamgir3345 День назад

      Streetshitters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @hpgamesr3777
      @hpgamesr3777 День назад

      India ain't got no access to the indus

    • @xijinpig8982
      @xijinpig8982 2 часа назад

      @@hpgamesr3777
      You're right, Delhi is the ideal historical capital of India due to the connection between the two river systems. That being said, the Ravi, Beas, Sutlej and Ghaggar have lowland river streams that are well within India and the Sutlej-Yamuna canal works to connect Indian Punjab to Delhi.

  • @davidmorris8319
    @davidmorris8319 2 дня назад +41

    Population center doesn't automatically mean it's the ideal position for a capital. There are many more factors that need to be considered, like infrastructure, access to the sea/major rivers, proximity to other countries (e.g. Dublin facing the UK)/major cities (e.g. Helsinki and Tallinn), cultural and historical significance (e.g. Berlin, Warsaw) or just being the biggest city of a country (most of them).
    This is an interesting vosualization, but I think it would be more honest if it was just presented as "these are the population centers of different countries", instead of trying to determine entire capitals based on a single metric.

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +8

      Thank you for the extensive feedback.
      I agree with the title of the video. But if its title was just "these are the population centers of different countries", no one would watch it. Unfortunately, this is how it works.
      As for the theses about capitals.
      There are many cases when the capital of a country was moved from the largest city to a smaller one, but inland (Pakistan, Turkey, Brazil, Kazakhstan, etc. I have another video about this). And after the relocation, the new capitals began to grow rapidly, and perhaps in 50-100 years they will become the largest in their countries.
      By this I mean that the current capitals are the largest cities precisely because of the capital factor.

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад +2

      @@albertromansky9501 haha thats exactly why I clicked on the video, good job

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад +1

      😉

  • @I-Nex
    @I-Nex 2 дня назад +50

    It would be interesting to see bigger countries like USA, Russia, China

    • @thehanakk9389
      @thehanakk9389 2 дня назад +5

      China has 3 perfect candidates. Xi’An, Chongqing and Chengdu.
      For Russia there 2 possibilities(3if we exclude Siberia). Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk [and Yekaterinburg].
      St. Louis or Denver for US.

    • @thehanakk9389
      @thehanakk9389 2 дня назад

      But population-wise, maybe Nanjing or Wuhan is perfect for china

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +5

      You were close about the US.
      Probably the centre of the population will be closer to Oklahoma, because the southern states like California, Texas, Florida have a super heavy impact

    • @derekclinton9438
      @derekclinton9438 День назад

      ​@@albertromansky9501 China's current population centroid is in Henan province, and the biggest city in this province is Zhengzhou. Would this be a good capital for the country?

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      I will make a new video about Asia. If I'm not mistaken, the center of the Chinese population is closer to the city of Wuhan

  • @tommay6590
    @tommay6590 День назад +21

    Fun fact Kaunas was Lithuanias Capital in the interwar period.

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад +3

      ye but they always claimed Wilno/Vilnius as their capital

  • @oooshafiqooo
    @oooshafiqooo 2 дня назад +48

    0:21 Germany circa 150 years ago is a much more different place, with 5 more big Eastern cities, Posen, Danzig, Königsberg, Breslau and Kattowitz

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад +12

      *Poznań, Gdańsk, Kaliningrad, Wrocław, and Katowice now

    • @waria3982
      @waria3982 День назад +8

      ​@@lunalingo4461Królewiec a nie Kaliningrad

    • @Cresign
      @Cresign День назад +6

      ​@@lunalingo4461At that time their name was in German, he isn't trying to deny they are Polish now

    • @oooshafiqooo
      @oooshafiqooo День назад

      @lunalingo4461 ik

    • @oooshafiqooo
      @oooshafiqooo День назад +2

      @@waria3982 soon... they shall be Königsberg/Krolewiec

  • @RonGerstein
    @RonGerstein День назад +6

    Berlin was the capital of Prussia, the country that merged with other German speaking states to form Germany in the 1800s.

  • @lampross.c.1646
    @lampross.c.1646 День назад +10

    Living in Germany for a few months I feel that the ideal capital location-wise would be Frankfurt. It’s about equally away from the huge conglomerate of the Ruhrgebiet, the populated Berlin, the big cities of the North as well as close to Bayern and Munich. Hannover would also be a very good option considering it’s equally distant from Berlin, Hamburg and Nordrhein-Westfalen, but the existence of the airport in Frankfurt makes it more of a hub in my eyes.

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад

      yes bro you stole that off my tongue 😭

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад

      ye but I have heard that its a really shtty place to live tho

    • @Keyt..
      @Keyt.. День назад

      ​@@lunalingo4461 Because of Migrants

  • @zero_balfour
    @zero_balfour 19 часов назад +1

    Łódź actually was supposed to be the capital of Poland shortly after World War II due to Warsaw being completely destroyed, but this idea has been abandoned

  • @augth
    @augth 2 дня назад +9

    The capital city is mostly decided because of historical reasons. Being central is good but it's not crucial. Also it doesn't need to be the largest city.

  • @QUEfrang
    @QUEfrang День назад +5

    Country: I'm about to win this!!!
    2nd largest city: oh no you don't

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад +1

      Only after this comment I have realised that it's really common case.
      Latvia, Belarus were mentioned in video. Additionally, Hungary, Portugal, Greece, Sweden, Norway, Croatia would be higher in ranking without their second largest cities. It's sound like great idea for new video 🙂

  • @Kaden-hh2et
    @Kaden-hh2et День назад +3

    Kaunas used to be the capital of Lithuania

  • @Woah9394
    @Woah9394 День назад +3

    Honestly Brașov really fits as a capital but it makes sense why it isn't the capital(look at history and geography)

  • @MarcanMC
    @MarcanMC День назад +5

    7:00 wtf is this map 😭🙏
    Besides that really cool video

    • @Den_Ukrainian001
      @Den_Ukrainian001 День назад +1

      ww1 + ww2 = ww½
      Sooooo this is WW½ map

    • @kentrosaurusboi3909
      @kentrosaurusboi3909 День назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing, but after looking at it, this feels like an interwar map, shortly after the Treaty of Versailles, but before the Memelland was taken from Germany and given to Lithuania, Posen and West Prussia were given to Poland, and the Silesian "Uprisings". Not to mention before Austria-Hungary was officially dissolved

    • @zero_balfour
      @zero_balfour День назад

      @@kentrosaurusboi3909 polish eastern borders that are shown on that map were made in 1921 after the treaty of Riga, so europe never looked like that

    • @kentrosaurusboi3909
      @kentrosaurusboi3909 День назад +2

      @zero_balfour That's true, after looking at it again, and the Baltic countries non-existence tells me that this map doesn't line up time wise, so "wtf is this map" actually works here

  • @IX-fc4po
    @IX-fc4po День назад +4

    Please do it for countries that have relocated their capitals (or plan to), to see if it was reasonable. For example Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Egypt, South Korea etc.

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      Thank you for your comment. I didn't know that South Korea was planning to change its capital.
      I'll tell you briefly about other countries, more details will be in the video.
      Kazakhstan. The new capital is closer to the center of the population. But Astana is not the best option.
      Indonesia. Jakarta is planned to be relieved of traffic and population. The new capital should be on the island of Borneo, which is as far from the population center as the island of Java.
      Egypt. Cairo now has one of the most optimal locations in terms of population center among all countries in the world. Therefore, the transfer of the capital is due to the same reasons as for Jakarta

  • @QUEfrang
    @QUEfrang День назад +2

    vatican and monaco are 100%

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      I'm not sure about it. It depends on what exactly we consider the capital of Monaco and Vatican

  • @SolidArt1
    @SolidArt1 2 дня назад +7

    i swear if luxembourg's population center is not near luxembourg

  • @miatx6818
    @miatx6818 23 часа назад +2

    Sorry Germans. But if i have to choose a new capital for Germany.
    I would actually say Frankfurt. I know most Germans dislike Frankfurt. But its actually the best option.
    - Its perfectly settled in the center of the most populated part of Germany. Rhine-Ruhr area, the frankfurt Mannheim Stuttgart area and the München Area.
    - Frankfurt is allready a transport hub because it is home to Germany’s biggest Airport and home of Lufthansa. Besides its also a big commercial and banking hub being the only city in Germany with Skyscrapers and important banks.
    - It lies on the Rhine which is allready good for transporting to Bonn, Köln and Dusseldorf.
    But the thing is. I dont like modern cities especially Frankfurt. So if i have to choose another capital which is more historic and big in the area. I would choose Darmstadt, Mainz or Mannheim. Maybe i even consider Stuttgart. We also have Bonn ofcourse but the city doesn’t really feel like a capital.
    Those are my options. Do what you want with it.

  • @Felix-t5k
    @Felix-t5k День назад +2

    *Here is the summary of the new capitals:*
    Germany: Hannover
    Slovakia: Banska Bystrica
    Bulgaria: Burgas/Varna
    Lithuania: Kaunas
    France: Bourges
    Ukraine: Oleksandria
    Czech Republic: Brno, Ostrava
    Finland: Tampere
    Estonia: Tartu
    Romania: Brasov
    Bosnia & Herzegovina: Zenica
    Poland: Lodz
    Switzerland: Lucern
    Netherlands: Utrecht
    Ireland: Wicklow
    Italy: Naples, Bari, Palermo
    Belarus: Homel
    Latvia: Daugavipils

    • @notmeowth
      @notmeowth День назад +1

      they werent “chosen” by this guy. he just noted that they changed where the center would be or are close to the population center.

    • @Felix-t5k
      @Felix-t5k День назад +1

      @@notmeowth Ok

  • @catenaris
    @catenaris 13 часов назад

    This is a great idea! I would love to see other like-minded videos (not necessarily the exact same idea for other places, except maybe north america, but rather things in the like of "How many key advantages (deep sea port, river crossing etc...) does this capital/city have compared to others? or: Are there other places in the country that would have these features? Or even simulate what it coule have looked like if a capital was historically somewhere else! Like, "If Turku remained the capital of Finland, here's where to it could have extended + I don't know, a hypothetical subway or tram map or something 😂)
    basically I think there are a lot of cool ideas to explore around this theme if it's creative and isn't the exact same idea applied to other places over and over 🎉

  • @AmericusXVI
    @AmericusXVI 2 дня назад +9

    I don’t see why the criteria for a good capital is limited to the center of population. Cities like Vienna and Paris have much more historical precedent for capital and are the historic and current economic and cultural hub for the entire nation. I suppose it wouldn’t be a completely wild idea for Berlin ever since they destroyed Prussia, but Hannover has next to no claim at all to hold such an honor, I’d say Nürnberg or Mainz before them. Overall, I don’t like the idea of changing a capital for this reason.

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад

      This video is for informative purposes only.
      Paris and Vienna are undoubtedly the best options for their respective countries. Because there are no other choices.
      But still, the location in relation to the centre of the population makes sense. It may not be the most important aspect. But I believe that the journey to the capital should be the shortest and most convenient for the maximum number of residents of this country

    • @oooshafiqooo
      @oooshafiqooo 2 дня назад +1

      @@albertromansky9501 during unification, what is today East Germany was in the central part of Germany, with Western Poland and Kaliningrad once being the real East Germany

    • @joshualee-reid867
      @joshualee-reid867 День назад

      @@albertromansky9501 I think that factor was a lot more relevant before the inventions of instant communications and the jet engine. With the exception of only the largest few countries, air travel makes the time penalty of a non-equidistant capital pretty negligible. Plus, what reason do most people even need for having rapid access to the capital city itself? In the modern world, unless you're being hauled before congress/parliament to testify, what bureaucratic government function would there be for you to need to be physically in the capital?

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад +1

      Yeah, at 6:59 I explain why Berlin is located so eastward

    • @lunalingo4461
      @lunalingo4461 День назад

      @@oooshafiqooo and Klaipėda

  • @kylezdancewicz7346
    @kylezdancewicz7346 День назад +1

    German one is the main unifier of Germany, Prussia was in the very north east and has since lost a lot of land to Poland.

  • @martinfratric5304
    @martinfratric5304 День назад +1

    You absolutely ignore geography....... 80% of Slovakia are mountains and the biggest mountain ranges are in Central Slovakia. So it is impossible to have the capital in Banská Bystrica in the center of mountains. The highest population density is in the southwest of the country and there is also the Danube river, which is historically the biggest traffic artery. Bratislava (or Pressburg, or Poszony) was historically the biggest city in Slovakia and also the biggest economic heart. Banská Bystrica is located in the center of the country, but it is only local townlet with population less than 80k. Tourists use the city like the center for hiking or skiing, but not as the center of the country. Also the second biggest city Košice is not in the center of the country. It is on the east, because there is the second highest population density.

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      I've mentioned Banska Bystrica as nearest city to the population centroid of Slovakia. Obviously It was not clear option for the capital city

  • @marcosreynoso3901
    @marcosreynoso3901 День назад

    Do some about South and North America. Would like to know about Brasil and Mexico

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      South and North America will be in the next part. Subscribe and turn on the bell

  • @marcoalarcon8735
    @marcoalarcon8735 20 часов назад

    A second part of this video would be interesting but now with Ibericamerican countries.

  • @hkrohn
    @hkrohn 2 дня назад +2

    Very nice video, but you should find an AI with better pronunciation of city names. Also, it would be cool if you included all the countries of Europe. Even if they are small, the size shouldn't have a significant impact on the percentage value.

  • @RobespierreThePoof
    @RobespierreThePoof День назад +1

    We've already tried this idea of putting capitals in geographic centers. The vast majority of US state capitals were designed this way.
    The result? Most are incredibly boring, undynamic cities with low economic activity that are regarded as bad or uninteresting places to live.

  • @fehervari98
    @fehervari98 2 дня назад +3

    Great video! Would you do this with pre-WW1 Europe too?

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +3

      Oh, that's going to be tough. I have to find a detailed dataset with the population of European cities 100 years ago

    • @lslusa
      @lslusa 2 дня назад

      It would be interesting go to see how well Berlin, Warsaw and Vienna were located in Prussia, Austria-Hungary and prewar Poland@@albertromansky9501

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад +2

      If I can get true information about the population of the cities of that time, I will make an additional video. Its interesting to me too

    • @fehervari98
      @fehervari98 День назад

      @@albertromansky9501 I previously commented a source for Austria-Hungary's census data, but it seems it got filtered out. Is there a way I could send it to you?

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      Yes, you may send it to my email
      albertromansky@gmail.com

  • @Null2-irkutsk
    @Null2-irkutsk День назад

    This is a paradox. Because a significant number of people would move to the country's capital for opportunities and other things, shifting the population center drastically. But if thr original city was not the capital, the population center would not be there

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      Yes, it's like an age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

  • @polforeman
    @polforeman 15 часов назад

    Cottbus is also east of Berlin and within the top 100 cities. Cool idea, though!

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  14 часов назад

      Cottbus population - 93,926 while #100 german city 103,000
      However, this does not have a significant impact on the calculation of the population center. Even for the top 300 cities, the result will be approximately the same

    • @polforeman
      @polforeman 14 часов назад

      @albertromansky9501 That can't be right, as of 2023 Cottbus is the 83rd largest city, slightly over 100.000 :) but it used to be below this numbee

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol 5 часов назад

    Alice Springs, anyone?

  • @DarwinskiYT
    @DarwinskiYT День назад

    I think Estonia’s capital location doesn’t really matter because you could reach it from any part of the county’s mainland in like 2 hours max

  • @TacticaLLR
    @TacticaLLR День назад

    Cool vid

  • @zhanylrhy8128
    @zhanylrhy8128 День назад

    Asia next

  • @WashiAmano
    @WashiAmano 2 дня назад

    great video thanks a lot i would also like to see for asia

  • @uwuaimafemboy8731
    @uwuaimafemboy8731 День назад

    Trier should be the capital, like in the good old days

  • @DarwinskiYT
    @DarwinskiYT День назад

    Warsaw is already quite a centralised capital, despite being culturally in the East if the country

    • @MarcanMC
      @MarcanMC День назад +2

      Back in the day it was pretty western

  • @jakub-
    @jakub- День назад

    For Slovakia Banska Bystrica is more Slovak city but after WW1 bratislava was got to the czechoslovkia for historical reason is Bratislava capital city

  • @skurinski
    @skurinski День назад

    Ideal capital of Portugal is Coimbra

  • @THEADVISOR-OneFromBelowAbyss
    @THEADVISOR-OneFromBelowAbyss День назад +1

    Why is syria green

  • @notmeowth
    @notmeowth День назад

    4:05 finland isnt in scandinavia

  • @JoaoAraujo-mv9en
    @JoaoAraujo-mv9en 2 дня назад +4

    What about the vatican? I'm very curious as to where it would rank

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +2

      If St Peter's Basilica is considered the capital of the Vatican, then perhaps the Vatican would be next to Belgium in this video.
      But first of all, you need to figure out where exactly the resident population of the Vatican lives

    • @Antti-ox1ho
      @Antti-ox1ho 2 дня назад

      Or other European microstates. Greetings from Finland! Terveisiä Suomesta!

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад +1

      What is your opinion of the city of Tampere? Apart from Helsinki, is it a good option for the capital of Finland?

  • @mdr-1177
    @mdr-1177 День назад +2

    Finland is not scandinavian

  • @priyadarshi8548
    @priyadarshi8548 2 дня назад +4

    6:59 😮 that was an awesome observation

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад +1

      Yes, history matters, even if it was 100 years ago

    • @Scober420
      @Scober420 2 дня назад +1

      @@albertromansky9501the map is making me cry

  • @Jade-Official472
    @Jade-Official472 2 дня назад

    most of capitals are that because they are the oldest and/or have historical accuracy

  • @ziggumm
    @ziggumm День назад +1

    what about luxembourg 🇱🇺

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  День назад

      3.2 kilometers from the center, or 95.6%. Luxembourg would have been on the 2nd place after Belgium, but I did not include countries with a territory of less than 10,000 square kilometers in the ranking

  • @Arc_productionss
    @Arc_productionss 2 дня назад

    How did you do this, i want to try this with other countries

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад

      I did all the calculations, maths and visualisation by myself. Perhaps there are some published resources for this, but I don't know anything about them.
      If there are many requests for other countries, I will definitely make another video

    • @lslusa
      @lslusa 2 дня назад

      Bad what tools did you use?

  • @Adixeeel
    @Adixeeel День назад

    Poznań used to be the capital of Poland. West of Łódź

  • @willzhang1936
    @willzhang1936 2 дня назад

    i like how you actually calculate for some theoretical scenarios and point out some oddities along the way!

  • @DoorFrame_1
    @DoorFrame_1 День назад

    I guess you should add which enemy country they are close and depence on history

  • @urlocalbeeswarmer
    @urlocalbeeswarmer День назад

    vatican city has perfectly located capital lol

  • @goldigenshin
    @goldigenshin День назад +1

    After WWII Lodz was Capital city for 2-3 years and nearly became this captal city forever but They want do Rebuild Warsaw

  • @SanadAboelnour
    @SanadAboelnour 2 дня назад +6

    the capital should be the most populous city

    • @imperium1707
      @imperium1707 2 дня назад +8

      its better to have capitals in smaller cities because it spreads out the population from just being a huge city

    • @SanadAboelnour
      @SanadAboelnour 2 дня назад +2

      that's a good point but the largest city is usually the cultural and economic center of the country and would be better suited at handling more people

  • @hkrohn
    @hkrohn 2 дня назад +1

    Finland is not a Scandinavian country.

    • @albertromansky9501
      @albertromansky9501  2 дня назад

      Maybe I should use "Nordic countries". It would be more correct for Finland

  • @ipa_games_official
    @ipa_games_official 2 дня назад

    5:33 Brașov capital cobfirmed 💪💪💪 (jk)