;) right on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
What the hell is Niue? or rather where the heck is it?
Nothing springs to my mind though...
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;) right on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
What the hell is Niue? or rather where the heck is it?
Nothing springs to my mind though...
She who must be obeyed says no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopard
I think it's near Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands... and stuff like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
It has a 'Free Association' with the Government of New Zealand, whatever that means!
http://www.niueisland.com/
http://www.gov.nu/
Anyway back to the question.
The Vatican?
Monaco and monte carlo are exactly the same area, therefore there is not a real capital in the usual sense of the word?
Hmm, no one has it so far but there have been some pretty good ideas in the right area. Keep guessing :)
That would be the Vatican...Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Disregard that although technically it is true, but alas, it isn't in the country to which you are referring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Petoria
:cheese:
what kind of hint is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Just keep guessing?
No hint like the country uses three initials?
Cause I re read your question...."Name the only country/nation that does not have a designated official capital city"
The answer is DC, as in the USA.
The USA does not have "a designated official capital city"
When the constitution was adopted, it required a federal district be established where the central government would be located. The area picked "by George" and a couple of people included several small towns, including a town called washington, but was mostly rural.
When the District of Columbia was created, these small towns were dissolved and no longer existed.
Indeed, the name "washington DC" is used as a common name today, but Washington does not exist "officially". Officially it is the District of Columbia, and is neither state, county nor a city.
For almost two hundred years, the people who lived there could not vote for president, could not elect any voting members to Congress and so on. Their political rights of self government available and used in every other part of the USA, did not exist in any form until just a few years ago.
The "Capital" is located in the district, but is the large building where Congress meets, with the dome, but is not a capital city like London is for England (or great britain)
Hmmm, not many seem to be interested, there can't be too many places in the world that are small enough not to have a capital, I mean even Norfolk Island with a permanent population of about 1,200 people has a capital called Kingston.
Ahh, a thought (I don't have too many of those as they cause headaches!) what about Pitcairn Island what with the Bounty link to Norfolk and all. Is Pitcairn island even a country?