Brunei has been mentioned.
Right part of the world though. Let me know when you lot have had enough.
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Brunei has been mentioned.
Right part of the world though. Let me know when you lot have had enough.
East Timor?
Papua New Guinea - only one border with Indonesia.
That's the one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
East Timor borders only Indonesia.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._other_country
I've lost track. Someone have a go :p:
:|
Here's a quickie. What country has parts in all four hemispheres?
France.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
The Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
And it has the longest domestic flight in the world.
Not France according to my source.
Netherlands?
Looking at a map:
The United States has island groups which are unincorporated territories, both east and west of the international date line and north and south of the equator.
Kiribati also straddles the date line and the equator.
So there's two more.
The answer I was looking for is Kiribati. It's an independent country and has islands in the Northern and Southern hemispheres and each side of the 180 degree meridian, although the International Date Line has a kink so all the islands are on the same day.
Your question.
In terms of current political status, what is the oldest capital city in the world?
Damascus?
Even if you follow the iterations of modern Syria, it only goes back to 1920.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Older!
Athens?
Greece was once part of the Ottoman Empire.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Even if you account for the short lived republic, Athens only became the capital in 1834. Nafplio was the capital before then.
Older!
Rome?
I see. You mean the current capital city that has been a capital city for longest.
Londinium, now called London.
Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Before 1861, Italy was a mishmash made of Sardinia, Lombardy–Venetia, the United Provinces of Central Italy, the Papal States and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. Italy as a thing didn't even exist until 1861.
Older!
By London I assume you mean the capital of the Kingdom of England. Granted that England did exist before the Norman Conquest but the capital before 1066 was Winchester.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Older!
Amman?
Addis Ababa
Perhaps Paris (at least officially).
As in the capital of Jordan?Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Jordan was part of the Ottoman Empire and was partitioned in 1921.
Older!
Ethiopia has a complex history but Addis Ababa was only founded in 1886.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Older!
The Île de la Cité in Paris, only became the capital in 1163 when Louis VII (the Young) moved the palace there.Quote:
Originally Posted by onemanband
Older!
Istanbul (also considering the period it was called Constantinople) ?
Istanbul as the capital of Turkey? Turkey has only existed since 1923.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Istanbul was the third capital of the Ottoman Empire and didn't even become the capital until it was captured in 1453.
At any rate...
Older!
Older than 1163 and never occupied by a foreign power. - Moscow?
Older than 1163 and never occupied or supplanted by a foreign power. - Moscow?
Yes, older than 1163. Always as capital. Never supplanted by a foreign power.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Even if you allow for Peter the Great's foundation of the Russian Empire in 1721. The capital of the Tsardom which it replaced was St Petersburg.
Older!
San Marino ?
San Marino!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
3rd September 301. :eek:
San Marino declared its independence from the Roman Empire and even though the empire snapped in half, San Marino was never part of the Roman Empire, Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, nor the Republics of Italy. It was always up on the mountains, doing its own thing.
The City of San Marino was for a long time, the only city in San Marino and by default the capital.
Sticking with capitals; what is the only country without a capital city?
Popeville? :p
It's Nauru. Something I found out while reading more about San Marino ;)
Nauru's capital is Yaren.Quote:
Originally Posted by onemanband
Because I live in Australia and our asylum seeker policies have resulted in deaths on both Manus Island and Nauru, I've learnt this under less than happy circumstances.
October 7, 2014 :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
Me and my excellent memory.....:angel:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo
Well, by definition a capital is a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government. (source: Wikipedia) And obviously every country has a government. The difference is that Yaren is not a city. There are no cities in Nauru.
Again quoting Wikipedia: "Yaren (and sometimes Aiwo) is usually listed as the capital of Nauru though this is incorrect; the republic does not have cities or an official capital. Yaren is accepted by the United Nations as the "main district"."
Quote:
Originally Posted by onemanband
Then the answer is also Australia.
https://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/i...g-menzies-walk
Menzies' earlier view of Canberra as a place of exile and isolation mirrored that of many Australians. Canberra was mischievously dismissed as 'a cemetery with lights', 'the ruin of a good sheep station' and 'six suburbs in search of a city'.
Even today Canberra is little more than fifteen roundabouts, 300 people and a chicken called Gary. Canberra is a city?! Get outa here.
Nauru was the answer I was looking for! :uhoh:
Naturally, I'd like to continue with the capital theme.
As we all know (and Rollo pointed out a few posts ago) that some countries' capital is not it's biggest city.
I am asking what country has the smallest capital city compared to the biggest city of the country BY PERCENTAGE or RATIO.
(I must apologize ahead if the question is hard to understand. English not being my first language made it hard for me to phrase the question)
Capital City = X
Largest City = Y
Minimize X/Y
Your English is fine :p: