The World's Strangest Capital Cities

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @TheGeographyBible
    @TheGeographyBible  3 года назад +31

    Have you been to any of these cities before?! Or even better, do any of you live in these cities?

    • @mbathroom1
      @mbathroom1 3 года назад +1

      I've been to London and lived in Rome

    • @rhinonight5499
      @rhinonight5499 2 года назад

      I've been to New York city before because I live in it lol

    • @Berner89
      @Berner89 2 года назад

      There are a lot of cities (or countries) I‘d love to visit but actually I was in London, Rome, Berne and Geneva. And to be more precise I live in a town outside of Berne, so I call it also home.

    • @luizcor
      @luizcor 2 года назад

      Yes: Brasília, London, Cape Town, Mexico City. Each very unique.

    • @gomboach
      @gomboach 2 года назад

      I live in Budapest

  • @palaciokaesar
    @palaciokaesar 2 года назад +80

    as a brazilian living in Brasília I can say not only that this city was really built in the middle of nowhere, but it has a shape of a airplane and it is the most ambitious archtetonic planning of brazil, yall can search for documentaries about Brasilia and wouldn't regret it

    • @homeroalbuquerque
      @homeroalbuquerque 2 года назад +1

      Actually, Brasilia urbanized the mid west, now it’s not in the middle of nowhere, I’m from goiania by the way

    • @yapop2.055
      @yapop2.055 2 года назад +1

      I have to agree with that, I live in Brasília too but it looks really in the middle of nothing

  • @luquitagl
    @luquitagl 2 года назад +93

    Bolivia has two capitals actually: La Paz and Sucre

  • @jvri1
    @jvri1 2 года назад +95

    why is there a kazahkstan flag at the thumbnail while the picture shows the super trees in singapore

    • @alvinjy4860
      @alvinjy4860 2 года назад +14

      Same question here..

    • @julesampo1607
      @julesampo1607 2 года назад +3

      ikr…

    • @kazakh-interista
      @kazakh-interista Год назад

      lol. Our government talks a lot about Singapore's economy, especially Lee Kuan Yew, that we should follow their path and blah blah blah (but in reality, we are still a shithole) maybe this fact kind of magnetized the super tress🤣🤣

    • @Banana_Slugcat
      @Banana_Slugcat Год назад

      I second this like wth

    • @aggelosboultas
      @aggelosboultas Год назад +4

      Click bait

  • @zodiacsstars2854
    @zodiacsstars2854 2 года назад +36

    Auckland used to be the NZ capital but was moved to wellington because the north was afraid that the south island would secede during the Dunedin gold rush, so they chose the centrally located city of wellington.

  • @ashwinsreedhar2168
    @ashwinsreedhar2168 2 года назад +11

    6:53
    Vietnam - Hi chi Minh City
    Actual capital - Hanoi
    UAE - Dubai
    Actual capital -Abudhabi
    Myanmar - Rangon
    Actual Capital -naypyidaw

    • @perla5465
      @perla5465 4 месяца назад

      It Yangon not rang on

  • @markleon411
    @markleon411 2 года назад +17

    Brasilia, Brazil and Canberra, Australia share some similarities: they were both designed and built to be the national capital, both were built inland and both are relatively small compared to the more famous cities. My husband is from Brazil and I am from Australia.

  • @mathijstenhove1077
    @mathijstenhove1077 2 года назад +7

    Another fun capital is Amsterdam, the seat of the Dutch government is not located there but in The Hague, yet Amsterdam is the capital

  • @roberw1912
    @roberw1912 2 года назад +8

    I think the strangest capital not mentioned is Amsterdam. The Parliament, embassies, Royal palaces are in The Hague (near Rotterdam). The reason it's the capital was when Napoleon conquered the Netherlands he moved the capital from The Hague to Amsterdam. When the Netherlands was freed the Parliament and government moved back to The Hague, but Amsterdam kept the title of capital. On a note about South Africa, it's not the Federal Republic to have different legislative capitals and administration, Germany and Bolivia are just two examples. Most people and in most books would regard Pretoria has South Africa's capital and not not name 3 cities.

    • @John-pl8fe
      @John-pl8fe Год назад

      Exactly Pretoria is the recognised capital. Cape Town is more of a ceremonial capital and Bloemfontein no one cares about.

  • @davegoldspink5354
    @davegoldspink5354 2 года назад +9

    G’day I’m from Wollongong 100km south of Sydney in Australia. Really enjoyed this video thanks for sharing. Fun fact back before federation in 1901 Australia’s parliament sat in both Melbourne and in Sydney. Canberra at that time was little more than farmland and was chosen as the new capital as its halfway between Sydney and Melbourne. Due to the high volume of politicians and bureaucrats in Canberra the best part are the roads out. 😂🤣😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😉

  • @eltea1
    @eltea1 2 года назад +11

    La Paz and Sucre are both capitals of Bolivia.

  • @CheukTheGreatestOfEverything
    @CheukTheGreatestOfEverything Год назад +1

    Lagos/Abuja, Kaunas/Vilnius, Almaty/Astana, San Pedro/Tegucigalpa, Ho Chi Minh city/Hanoi

  • @MrSharkFIN
    @MrSharkFIN 3 года назад +17

    Crazy, as I was just searching for a video like this today and thought of what the strangest capital cities are a couple days ago... Anyways, man, awesome video!

  • @kolcs
    @kolcs 2 года назад +12

    5:55 Switzerland does not have a capital, Bern just holds the parliament building
    6:35 Bern is the actual capital of Switzerland not Geneva

  • @Duck-wc9de
    @Duck-wc9de 2 года назад +8

    Portugal, because Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was once the portuguese capital.

  • @luizcor
    @luizcor 2 года назад +4

    I'm from Brazil. A few things you didn't mentioned about Brasília: not only in the middle of nowhere, it looks and feel weird as a city on the moon. It was designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, and it's listed as UNESCO heritage site. Beautiful (and weird). It's shaped like an airplane when seen from above. Being in the Federal District (like DC) it doesn't have a Mayor. It doesn't have a recognizable local accent.

  • @markie7593
    @markie7593 2 года назад +9

    Palau is also colony of Spain, later part of the Philippines before become independent when my country is also colony of US.

  • @ThomasTuttle
    @ThomasTuttle Год назад +1

    Actually Bolivia has two capitals. One is indeed Sucre, but La Paz is also a capital.

  • @Cahura43
    @Cahura43 2 года назад +9

    I‘m from Croatia, our capital city is Zagreb

  • @issievdhorst
    @issievdhorst 7 месяцев назад

    From Cape town, South Africa. LOVE IT!!!!!

  • @mukkumania
    @mukkumania Год назад +1

    Love from Raipur India
    Im a Geography Lover and your videos are unique 👌

  • @teddybean2
    @teddybean2 2 года назад +5

    so... why are they strange??? whats the strange about them? you just describe them without tell us why you think they are strange....

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 2 года назад

      True , i think the only ones that are truly "weird" here are Ashgabat and Nay pyi taw just because they're pretty empty and look super unique compared to most other places , you could also say that Pyongyang is weird just because it's kinda like a time capsule and has very few cars .

  • @indyracingnut
    @indyracingnut Год назад +1

    For the record...The United States has had other capital cities besides Washington DC. New York City WAS once our capital, along with others...

  • @fmova7326
    @fmova7326 2 года назад +1

    as an Azerbaijanian Turk(you know it is one fo the Turkic countries) I was born in Baku and living in another Turkic city İstanbul. both are my homeland.

  • @sclitchmusic
    @sclitchmusic 2 года назад +2

    The palau capital literally just contains the government building, which must mean that the population is 1, lol

  • @Tdawwg18
    @Tdawwg18 2 года назад +1

    La Paz and Sucre are both the capitals of Bolivia.
    I'm also very surprised you didn't bring up the capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, as it's on a small island that's not even close to the mainland. Wpild have thought it was your #1.

  • @alvaromady
    @alvaromady 2 года назад +1

    I’m from Cambodia 🇰🇭, I love Phnom Penh as Capital but Siemreab seems better as capital

  • @nicholasharvey1232
    @nicholasharvey1232 2 года назад +1

    Lagos could be another "mistaken capital". Abuja is the current capital of Nigeria, though I believe Lagos has been the capital in the past. Similarly, Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. It's the largest city in that country by far, and used to be the capital, but Yamoussoukro now holds this distinction. As with the case in Tanzania, where Dar lost its capital status to the smaller Dodoma, it can be assumed that these countries moved their capitals to be more centrally located, as all three of the aforementioned big cities are on the coasts of countries (which all happen to be landlocked on their other three sides).

  • @Okl853
    @Okl853 6 месяцев назад

    Helsinki, Finland is so underrated!

  • @Zockid22
    @Zockid22 Год назад

    Another really interesting thing about Ngerulmud, Palau is that it's population is 0!
    Not a single person lives in Palau's capital city

  • @orbbirb
    @orbbirb 2 года назад +5

    Thanks for showing baku! I’m from Baku 🇦🇿🇦🇿

  • @koiyune
    @koiyune Год назад

    1:00 thanks, funny wizard boy.

  • @TheCriminalViolin
    @TheCriminalViolin 2 года назад +1

    The only one I did not realize I had mistaken the capital for was Bolivia's. Didn't know that at all.

  • @petelosuaniu
    @petelosuaniu 2 года назад +1

    Watch out for Egypt and Indonesia. They will have new capitals in the next few years.

  • @wardarcade7452
    @wardarcade7452 9 месяцев назад

    Washington, D.C. was created out of wilderness a few years after the 13 original states decided to unite as a single nation after the Constitional Convention in 1789. Before that each state had been considered an independent nation of its own with the 'capital' rotating among different cities before they agreed on the need for a single capital city that was roughly in the center of the Atlantic coastline and was soon named for the 1st President George Washington. Although it had had earlier settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria within its designated territory, it wasn't long before the legislators saw the need to construct an entirely new city to contain the three branches of the US Government. However, the land was such a swampy estuary prone to frequent flooding that few wanted to relocate there and for decades one of the few 'clean' diversions was to watch Congress in session and foreign ambassadors would receive hardship pay for having to be posted in such a remote outpost with mud tracks for roads and few housing options. Even the First Lady Abigail Adams wound up hanging the family wash in the unfinished East Wing in the early 1800's - after she herself had carried buckets of Potomac River water to the half-constructed President's House to do said laundry!There was even talk of abandoning it for other previously established cities such as Philadelphia and New York City but then the War of 1812 broke out that had the British burning down the President's House and temporarily occupying the new nation's capital. Suddenly, everyone decided to rebuild it to something for all citizens to be proud of with wide avenues, gleaming buildings and drained swamps. Of course, that wasn't the last challenge Washington has had to face down the years- including being entirely surrounded by Confederate state of Virginia and Border State of Maryland during the US Civil War with access to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay constantly at risk of being cut off by hostile forces!

  • @vnddnsm
    @vnddnsm 3 года назад +1

    Good ^^

  • @adictosalacarretera
    @adictosalacarretera 3 года назад

    Amazing and wonderful friend new sub ...

  • @mohammadanshifpkl1781
    @mohammadanshifpkl1781 3 года назад +6

    From India🇮🇳 ❤

  • @Jean831112
    @Jean831112 2 года назад

    I live in the suburbs of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. It's a generally boring city but it's safe and there is a lot of economic opportunities. We're also very close to nature. It's definitively not the most glamorous place but it's a good place to raise a familly (if you can afford a house.. which is becoming an issue in all of Canada!)

  • @趙良-k3o
    @趙良-k3o Год назад

    I'm from Myanmar and I definitely have been to Naypyitaw.

  • @BrightSaurus
    @BrightSaurus 2 года назад +1

    To you it's Strange

  • @thebookwasbetter3650
    @thebookwasbetter3650 2 года назад

    Juneau, Alaska is the largest state capital by land. It's about ten times as large as New York City because it includes lots of park land.

  • @alorentis
    @alorentis 2 года назад +1

    New York City isn't even the capital of New York State, the capital of NY is Albany

  • @tamu7243
    @tamu7243 2 года назад +1

    Why does the thumbnail have a picture of Singapore with the Kazakh flag?

  • @iVyperion
    @iVyperion 2 года назад +1

    Don't forget that 😉😏😉My Country, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿.

  • @subparnaturedocumentary
    @subparnaturedocumentary 2 года назад

    usa, washington d.c., it is an absolutely wonderful city to visit with so many excellent and free things to see and do.

    • @robertfencl4401
      @robertfencl4401 Год назад

      Wouldn't want to live there!

    • @subparnaturedocumentary
      @subparnaturedocumentary Год назад

      @@robertfencl4401 for the prices, taxes and lack of federal representation and CRAZY traffic and keep in mind i live in new jersey,no i wouldn't want to either, but it is a great city for tourists.

  • @enisyoutube56
    @enisyoutube56 2 года назад +1

    I am From sarajevo

  • @AndreuCasasMedina
    @AndreuCasasMedina 2 года назад

    In palau's building, you put Palau de la generalitat, a building in Barcelona, Spain... You can si the Spanish and Catalonia flag... You should put more attention in your source information!

  • @jjmcauliffe5327
    @jjmcauliffe5327 2 года назад +1

    Albany is the capitol of New York and that includes New York City. Washington D.C. is not NYC's capitol.

  • @FenneXanthous
    @FenneXanthous 2 года назад

    7:01 Le paz and Sucre are both the capitals of bolivia, at least it show that on my outdated world map

  • @axisboss1654
    @axisboss1654 2 года назад

    I’d say Casablanca is for mistaken for the capital of Morocco, that’s the city I first think of when I think Morocco.

  • @factorpac
    @factorpac 2 года назад

    In The Netherlands Capital city (Amsterdam) Government Seat (The Hague)

  • @rohankishibe8259
    @rohankishibe8259 2 года назад

    In Arabic, Tunisia's capital is also the same name as the country, Tunis, Tunisia is just the French name, Tunis is what we call our country and Tunis is our capital.

  • @oooooo-ji2nn
    @oooooo-ji2nn Год назад

    Where did you get the city boundaries in Google Earth?

  • @dafiltafish
    @dafiltafish 2 года назад

    D.C. is fun if you like museums.

  • @SEFR7337
    @SEFR7337 Год назад

    I:think you forgot to tell us where Capital #1, Naypyidaw, is located. It's in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It's also spelled Nay Pyi Taw.

  • @Mario-dd9dh
    @Mario-dd9dh 2 года назад

    The video did not mention which country is the first Capitol of?

  • @bubatzierterbarbier5833
    @bubatzierterbarbier5833 Год назад

    Well my country‘s capital is interesting since it got split up into two halves and then reunited again

  • @williamfernetducharme
    @williamfernetducharme Год назад

    I'm from a country where the capital is not the largest city. 🇨🇦 Canada.

  • @jackchi7608
    @jackchi7608 2 года назад

    5:10 actually even Rome and the vatican city border each other

  • @mnawaung7951
    @mnawaung7951 2 года назад

    2:33 he forget to mention that there is only one building there

  • @mwzngd1679
    @mwzngd1679 Год назад

    Rome is kinda the only city to be the capital of 2 countries

  • @Ronocos
    @Ronocos 2 года назад

    I always knew Wellington was the NZ capital, its named after the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon

  • @tanzongyuan8702
    @tanzongyuan8702 2 года назад

    some ppl might mistake chinas capital as shanghai too haha

  • @thatperson6818
    @thatperson6818 2 года назад

    They are ravens, not crows, and I think it was originally used as an ominous sign to anyone wanting to commit treason

  • @towaritch
    @towaritch 3 года назад

    Nuuk is not a capital only the local government seat since Greenland is a Danish dependency.

  • @mysteriousDSF
    @mysteriousDSF Год назад

    > Switzerland has no capital
    > Geneva is not Switzerland's capital it's Bern

  • @robloxmumorialio858gamer4
    @robloxmumorialio858gamer4 Год назад

    I've been to astana before

  • @shahfazrul6783
    @shahfazrul6783 3 года назад +3

    Our capital is Kuala Lumpur🇲🇾

    • @towaritch
      @towaritch 3 года назад

      Not Putrajaya? It's confusing.

    • @alvinjy4860
      @alvinjy4860 2 года назад

      @@towaritch Kuala Lumpur is still de jure capital, while Putrajaya is the administrative capital

    • @towaritch
      @towaritch 2 года назад

      @@alvinjy4860 so actually 2 capitals like the NL SA Bolivia Ivory coast Tanzania Myanar Canary Islands ( autonomous) Lybia Yemen ( due to civil war)

    • @alvinjy4860
      @alvinjy4860 2 года назад +1

      @@towaritch yes, but however unlike South Africa, which UN recognize all three capitals. In Malaysia, KL is still the capital in the law, but most of the administration has transferred to Putrajaya(not all, eg royal seat is still in KL)

    • @towaritch
      @towaritch 2 года назад

      @@alvinjy4860 Same case as the EU : executive capital Brussels legislation Strasbourg and judicial Luxembourg

  • @perla5465
    @perla5465 4 месяца назад

    Naypyidaw is only 10 years?

  • @slibertas1996
    @slibertas1996 2 года назад

    New York City was the first capital of the United States

  • @MrMackievelli
    @MrMackievelli 7 месяцев назад

    Technically doesnt Rome and Vatican City border each other? Well Rome at least encircles The Vatican.

  • @CasuallyCold
    @CasuallyCold Год назад

    New York City is not even the capital of the state New York, The state of New York's capital is actually Albany just to the north. I'll list other U.S state capitals that are mistaken. Miami is not the capital of Florida, it's Tallahassee. Chicago is not the capital of Illinois, it's Springfield, Detroit is not the capital of Michigan, it's Lansing. Las Vegas is not the capital of Nevada, it's Carson City. St. Louis nor Kansas City are the capitals of Missouri, it's Jefferson City. Seattle is not the capital of Washington State, it's Olympia. San Francisco nor Los Angeles are the capital of California, it's Sacramento. Philadelphia nor Pittsburgh is the capital of Pennsylvania, it's Harrisburg. Baltimore is not the capital of Maryland, it's Annapolis. Newark nor Jersey City is the capital of New Jersey, it's Trenton. There's many more but I'm doing it because this comment is already long enough.

  • @sclitchmusic
    @sclitchmusic 2 года назад +1

    Greenland isn't a country

  • @menice6736
    @menice6736 2 года назад

    I still thought Dar Es Salaam was the capital of Tanzania💀

  • @__archermaster__8790
    @__archermaster__8790 Год назад

    la paz is actually a capital of bolivia, it has 2 capitals

  • @le_beks
    @le_beks 2 года назад

    2:33 funny to see this little error, you showed the *Palau* de la Generalitat from Barcelona when talking about Palau. as a Catalan this was a fun easter egg to see hahaha
    nevertheless great vid! :D

  • @div4347
    @div4347 2 года назад

    No way u put Singapore in thumbnail with kaz flag

  • @Republic_Flight
    @Republic_Flight Год назад +1

    The thing that is strange about Estonia and Finland is that their capitals (Tallinn and Helsinki) is that Helsinki is the southernmost capital in europe while Tallinn is the northernmost capital in europe
    🇫🇮❤️🇪🇪

    • @drizzt1984
      @drizzt1984 Год назад +1

      Uhh, Reykjavik is the northernmost capital in Europe.

    • @drizzt1984
      @drizzt1984 Год назад +1

      Helsinki southernmost capital in Europe? :D It's just under Reykjavik in latitude which is the northernmost capital.

  • @aussiebla7255
    @aussiebla7255 2 года назад

    Milano is bigger than Rome.

  • @KAVELism
    @KAVELism 2 года назад

    God damn algorithms…. I just don’t get it! The calibre of quality content I watch on RUclips is nowhere near the stuff you put out there. I’m not daft enough to be part of your targeted demographic. Yet here I am continuing and watching it solely because your point of view frustrates me, and weirdly gives me this odd morbid pleasure of disdain I cannot seem to comprehend.

  • @srijanpandey3643
    @srijanpandey3643 2 года назад

    My capital city is Delhi, and its ew at best.

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre 2 года назад +4

    7:04 for UN and all the other countries in the World( beside Isreael and USA) Tel-Aviv is the capital if Israel, Jerusalem is in occupied territory by the Israeli Army.

    • @bigbootros4362
      @bigbootros4362 2 года назад +3

      However, Israel's legislative, executive and judicial are all in Jerusalem. So that makes it the capital.

    • @dantetre
      @dantetre 2 года назад +1

      @@bigbootros4362 like Russia makes Ukraine part of it?

    • @bigbootros4362
      @bigbootros4362 2 года назад +1

      @@dantetre False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency. Colloquially, a false equivalence is often called "comparing apples and oranges."

    • @dantetre
      @dantetre 2 года назад +1

      @@bigbootros4362 why it is false comparison? Both Palestine and Ukraine are occupied under false pretense! And don't tell me because the 2000 years old Bible says so, and they have God given right to do so... Even the Romans set the right of alienation (adverse possession) at 20 years 2000 years ago!!! And the Jews left Palestine for a 2000 years, only the Christians tried to take it back, not the Js.

    • @bigbootros4362
      @bigbootros4362 2 года назад +2

      @@dantetre It's a false comparison because these issues are unrelated. (and you know it, you are just been a typical RUclips commenter...)
      You just brought it Ukraine up out of the blue to try to score an emotional point but it had nothing to do with the original comment.
      Israel's legislative (parliament), executive (Prime minister) and judiciary (high court) are all in Jerusalem. That is what qualifies Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. That's why he said it in the video.
      The rest is irrelevant. Our opinion does affect this. You can dislike it as much as you want it still would be the capital. You can dislike Js, as you call them, as much as you want it won't change any facts.
      What happened 2000 years ago is irrelevant.

  • @angelcidro427
    @angelcidro427 2 года назад

    My capital is manila

  • @oscar-xy5dj
    @oscar-xy5dj 2 года назад +1

    greenland not a country

  • @profktastroff5094
    @profktastroff5094 Год назад

    I am French and I think Paris is one of the most overrated capital in the world

  • @martychisnall
    @martychisnall Год назад

    It’s Naypyidaw not Naypyitaw

  • @mohammedhassan8556
    @mohammedhassan8556 2 года назад

    You made one huge mistake sir, a historical mistake, a logical mistake! Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, it has been and it will remain this way forever. Jerusalem is 10000 years old, Israel is only 75 years old. Please correct your information and please edit your misleading video about Jerusalem. Thanks

  • @adamalikhan1357
    @adamalikhan1357 Год назад

    Nope majority doesn't recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

  • @Ya_boi95
    @Ya_boi95 2 года назад +4

    Greenland is not an independent country. Great video otherwise!

  • @thomassolomon2629
    @thomassolomon2629 2 года назад

    Milan is the biggest city in Italy not rome

    • @marctspence
      @marctspence 2 года назад

      Rome has over 2m. Milan just over 1m.

  • @ermaltahiraj6438
    @ermaltahiraj6438 Год назад

    Tirana

  • @John-pl8fe
    @John-pl8fe Год назад

    Pretoria the real capital of South Africa but boring af!!

  • @segurosincero4057
    @segurosincero4057 2 года назад

    Capitol.

  • @martijnkeisers5900
    @martijnkeisers5900 2 года назад

    Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands but the The Hague is were the government is and where the royal family resides.

  • @RTGOAT
    @RTGOAT 2 года назад +1

    How do people think that Tel Aviv is Israel's capital??? It's Jerusalem! JERUSALEM! One of the most influential cities (in religion and culture) IN THE WORLD, not to mention the temple mount or the western wall... also for the question at the end... The capital of my home country is Jerusalem...

    • @AO968
      @AO968 2 года назад +2

      Only Israel and the US recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capitol; most of the rest of the world and the UN says it's Tel Aviv. This stems from the dispute between Israel and Palestine, who both have claimed the city as their capitol.

  • @quinnhealy6761
    @quinnhealy6761 Год назад

    Thare is a flag that has 7:56 on a flag

  • @aarondesilva.4926
    @aarondesilva.4926 2 года назад +1

    I am from India and capital is Delhi