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is also seat of its government, thus that city is appropriately referred to as the national seat of government. The terms are not however, completely synonymous, as
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specifies that many federal government institutions are to maintain a seat in Bonn indefinitely. Prior to reunification, the question as to what was the
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is considered to be the national capital of Israel since 1950 but was fully declared the undivided capital of the nation from 1980 according to the
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capital ever since. Several names have been suggested for the new official capital now being constructed in the Little Bay area.
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There are several countries where, for various reasons, the official capital and de facto seat of government are separated:
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was designated the national capital in 1983, but most government offices and embassies are still located in
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the federal administrative centre of the Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from
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had been claimed as the nominal capital of the country, its claims were downplayed in the 1990s.
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served as Tanzania's capital city, at which point the capital city commenced transferring to
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or the entirety of Jerusalem to be its capital but the seat of government resides in
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and the seat of government of the Republic of China after losing the
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capital was complicated by questions regarding the status of Berlin.
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to Putrajaya because of overcrowding and congestion in the former.
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List of seats of country government which are not country capitals
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is located in Sucre, making it the judicial capital. The
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is the constitutional national capital even though the
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Place from which a government exercises its authority
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Index

Seat of Government
government
authority
capital
some countries
Netherlands
Amsterdam
The Hague
Philippines
Manila
metropolitan area of the same name
administrative centre
County seat
County town
City hall
Town hall
Barrio-pueblo
Puerto Rico
Canada
Parliament Hill
Ottawa
Ontario
Canadian Parliament
India
Raisina Hill
New Delhi
New Parliament House
Rashtrapati Bhavan
7, Lok Kalyan Marg
Supreme Court of India

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