50 Interesting Facts About Capital Cities

[@haleysettembre]

San Marino is not an enclave of Rome

[@jessturner6886]

San Marino is all that remains of the Roman Empire. It is Rome.

[@mavadelo]

It is not even on the same side of Italy, weird mistake.

[@CruzTshiango-i8d]

Wdym

[@no6odys8fe90]

It is

[@mavadelo]

@@no6odys8fe90 it is not.

[@xiongbear.travel]

Sana’a, capital of Yemen, is actually located over 2200 meters above sea level, making it the 2nd highest elevation capital city in Asia, which I find really fascinating

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

Wait really, its even higher than Kathmandu?

[@user-vf1kn5qj2e]

​@@ramtailthebattlertr2066 I think so

[@Hugo_Mendez]

@@ramtailthebattlertr2066It said 2nd, not 1st and in Asia, not in the world

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

@@Hugo_Mendez yeah, but Thimpu is the highest, so Sana'a being second meams its higher that Kathmandu. And Sana'a IS in Asia

[@Sullytubexo]

Gorgeous.. sanaa and the people are made of such regal beauty... You are spot on sir.

[@MatejVeres1233]

Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is situated in Central Europe and it is located in the extreme south-west within Slovakia. The city borders Austria in the west and Hungary in the south making it the only national capital in the world to border two foreign countries.

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have lawlessness in Ukraine, the government has attacked the people, help  

[@korl8524]

It's a lovely city. I never knew how close it was to Vienna until I took a train there. It was curious to be that close to 2 borders at once and to be right in the corner of a country.

[@MateoQuixote]

San Marino is not only not an enclave of Rome it's also not really anywhere near Rome

[@jessturner6886]

San Marino is literally the last remaining vestige of the Roman Empire. So you’re very wrong LOL.

[@mavadelo]

@@jessturner6886 You are veryy confidentally incorrect!! San Marino is on the North Eastern coast of Italy on the east side of the Apennines, Rome is on the South western coast of Italy. They are 320km apart. San Marino is NOT an Enclave of Rome nor is it anywhere near Rome. Do you actually know what an Enclave is? ... uh...LOL

[@mavadelo]

@MathieuVutton37 come to think of it, can Vatican City and San Marino even be considered Enclaves? Technically they are not "part of a Country completely surrounded by another Country", (part being the key word here) they are the entire country.

[@Crisfp197]

​@@jessturner6886As Mavadelo already said, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU SAYING BRO? Also, what do you mean by "San Marino is literally the last remaining vestige of the Roman Empire.", do you even KNOW WHY SAN MARINO WAS BORN? I'll shortly tell you: San Marino was founded by a man named, who would ever guessed, Marino, which was a Catholic living in a today Croatian island (which at the time WAS part of the Roman Empire), that had to escape due to the Roman Emperor Diocletian wanting to torture and kill all Christians. So, Marino fled to Italy searching for a safe place, and he succeeded in hiding on the top of Mount Titano, which still today is home to the vast majority of San Marino. The man then started a community of Christians gaining some "disciples", which became the inhabitants of the upcoming San Marino country, in 301 A.C. When Marino died, he was then proclaimed many years later as a Saint by the Catholic Church, hence the name SAN Marino, which in English would be "SAINT Marino". The country always remained neutral and, with the help of important historical figures like Napoleon and Giuseppe Garibaldi, the country still exists today and has a very good relationship with Italy. So, after all of this "brief" explanation, do you still believe that San Marino is the last vestige of the Roman Empire, when literally the Romans wanted to KILL the founder of that country?

[@Crisfp197]

​@@jessturner6886San Marino was literally founded by a man named Marino who tried to flee from the Roman Empire that wanted to KILL him as he was a Catholic. Hence the name SAN Marino which in English would be "SAINT Marino". The territory of and near Mount Titano in Italy First became a community of Catholics started by Marino, and then, in 301 A.C., it became a country on its own. Its neutrality and the relationships it had with figures like Napoleon and Giuseppe Garibaldi helped it to still exist today, having a very good relationship with Italy. So, I think that saying "San Marino is the last vestige of the Roman Empire" is like saying "India is the last vestige of the British Empire" when literally the vast majority of Indians wanted independence for a long time...LOL

[@diegobosquejrz]

Mexico City is the most populated capital in North America, the Americas in general and the whole western hemisphere, it’s also the most populated Spanish speaking capital and city in general. 🇲🇽

[@wardarcade7452]

Not to mention that Mexico City had been founded in the 1300's as Tenochtitlan - the capital city of the Aztec Empire with at least 100,000 citizens living there in the early 1500's in this extraordinary metropolis with many pyramids, palaces, temples, plazas, marketplaces,etc. built on islands in a lake connected by causeways to the lake shore. Although it was conquered by the Spanish in 1521 (and would be somewhat altered in appearance ), the Spanish made it the capital city of their Viceroyalty of New Spain then ,after independence in 1821, it became the capital of the nation of Mexico. IOW, this is the ONLY capital city in North or South America that has continuously functioned AS a capital city before and after European colonization!

[@highbrass7563]

Tokyo almost has more people than all of Canada

[@maximilianodelrio]

Tokyo metro yeah, even though the city proper is like 1/3 the population, but city proper is kinda meaningless with big urban areas like that

[@RoCkY-zk4dw]

@@ojascooladventures ok

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

​@@ojascooladventures 34 Million

[@taylorevans9617]

Almost? It actually has way more people!😅👌🏻

[@highbrass7563]

Helll yeah! Thanks a ton for this upload. Im super interested in this style of video! Please keep uploading for your fans. Cheers from Hamilton , Ontario, Canada

[@wardarcade7452]

16:27- Singapore is comprised of one main island and dozens of smaller islands. In any case, its namesake capital city sits on the main island which is separated from country of Malaysia (and Asian mainland) via the Johore Strait- a body of water! Hence one cannot WALK from Lisbon to Singapore without crossing at least one body of water!

[@john.smith12]

^

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

He probably meant without taking a boat, because you can't even get to Johor without crossing like 100 rivers at least

[@john.smith12]

@@ramtailthebattlertr2066 good point

[@johane4764]

There's a causeway connecting Malaysia and Singapore, so yes you actually can walk to Singapore from mainland Asia.

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

@@johane4764 but not naturally, u have to use a manmade structure, just like a bridge, which would be inevitable. So you do need human help, but you don't need any non-attacthed vehicles

[@shape816]

Very interesting and informative video, even with the San Marino mistake and a few other minor ones

[@SupernovaCentral]

Excellent video. Thank you!

[@mysteriousDSF]

15:25 wrong, Burundi moved it's capital from Bujumbura to Gitega in 2019

[@cat_luver16]

My favorite capital city is Canberra Australia just because of its funny history, it was basically just created from nothing in the middle of nowhere where about an equal distance between Sydney and Melbourne because those two city’s couldn’t decide who should be the capital after Australia gained independence 😂😂

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

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[@fb7876]

@34: How about Djibouti?

[@wardarcade7452]

After Canadian colonial legislators in Ontario and Quebec failed to come to an agreement over which locale would be considered the capital of the Canadian colonies, they left the issue up to the British Queen Victoria who selected Ottawa to be the capital in 1857- the somewhat remote settlement on the Ontario/Quebec border between the major cities of Toronto and Montreal.

[@gerardwebb3832]

absolutely brilliant make more

[@IsabelJones69]

For fact 40, Equatorial Guinea is building a new capital in the middle of its main area of land called Ciudad de la Paz. It is being built to replace Malabo so that it can be more centrally located.

[@deaglaniosua]

Fascinating video, bravo! Slight correction, if I may. X is not the only letter with no capital city. There's no capital city of a UN recognised nation state beginning with E either. Edinburgh is not a sovereign Independent state, rather a devolved region of the UK

[@severinburghart9071]

The territory of western Sahara has also a capital city beginning with the letter „e“. Its El Aaiún. Great Video

[@ht14]

1.It's written "Laayoune" not "El Aaiun" 2."Western Sahara doesn't control it , they only claim it as their capital , it's administered by Morocco and the people there recognise themselves as Moroccan (I myself lived there for 10 years)

[@severinburghart9071]

True you right. In German the capital is called El Aaiun so i thought its the same in English. I just mentioned it because Scotland isnt an own country either. But thanks for the information.

[@robthetraveler1099]

14:38 Was in both Wellington and Madrid within a month of each other last year.

[@mehrcat1]

The most egregious mistake here is that Singapore is an island. You'd be going over a bridge. Lots of other mistakes too.

[@NotEvenATim]

3:19 im really glad that you mentioned the city that i was born in! 🎉

[@TawanMomo]

i haven’t watched the video yet, but i’m guessing bangkok having the longest capital city name in the world is mentioned in this video

[@TawanMomo]

called it 😂

[@Baconcatboy]

Here in America we ask each other what the capital of Taiwan is before proceeding to hit each other in the balls yelling, "Bangkok!"

[@ianodonoghue7299]

@@Baconcatboy Thailand?

[@Baconcatboy]

@@ianodonoghue7299 yes my bad. Just showed my American mix up of two countries 🤣.

[@wardarcade7452]

The capital city of Seoul in South Korean means literally 'capital city' in Korean!

[@neversarium]

Same with Astana, Kazakhstan

[@brianarbenz1329]

So in the U.S., we say Seoul is the capital city of South Korea, and they say Washington, D.C. is the seoul of the U.S.

[@JulesHeylen-qo7tk]

Gitega became the official political capital of Burundi. So it is newer than Juba but Bujumbura did not lose its title as economical capital.

[@fmyoung]

13:45 The capitals of Uruguay and Argentina are on the world's widest river, the Río de la Plata

[@AlistairCampbell]

Edinburgh the capital of Scotland is my favourite city but that's because I'm Scottish and live in Edinburgh, but it is a beautiful city.!

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have lawlessness in Ukraine, the government has attacked the people, help

[@deqahmed108]

Thank you sir and I just wanted to tell you that Mogadishu Somalia is also called Xamar thus making it the only capital city that starts with the letter x.

[@LaNiBlackLight]

Guessing Buenos Aires to be around 15th and the most populated SA capital is one of my proudest moments

[@fmyoung]

Panama City is the only capital with rainforest within its city limits.

[@mavadelo]

14:44 I saw that and thought "surely it should be something like Oslo, or Ottawa, something way more north. But it is actually correct. Shows how a standard world map skews your sense of distance. You could have mentioned as fact that Amsterdam for a large part is build on wooden poles and animal hides.

[@Zaid-t2f]

I want video about australia ❤❤❤

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

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[@markmh835]

​@@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж-- Help is on the way.

[@markmh835]

​@@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж-- Help is on the way.

[@bnthern]

well presented

[@JohnJoannou-xq5rq]

Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, is the only capital in the world which is split into two. The southern part is in the Republic of Cyprus, which is recognised by the UN, and the northern part, which is in the TRNC(Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), which is a De-Facto nation only recognised by Turkey. Since 1974

[@wardarcade7452]

From 1949 to 1990 Berlin was split in two with its eastern half officially called East Berlin -the capital of East Germany while the western half was called West Berlin and was in its own special enclave completely surrounded by East German territory [including the eastern half of the city]. After 1990, Germany was reunited and the reunited city of Berlin officially became its capital in 1991. Anyway, from 1974 to 1990, Nicosia and Berlin were the two capitals split in two!

[@jupamango3000]

12:00 and djibouti?

[@TheGlobalAtlas]

12:11 Djibouti

[@Phantom-un2ox]

It's name is Djibouti City. He already mentioned an equivalent in Panama. Panama's capital is Panama City.

[@jimcajfeldt1739]

Port Louis is my favourite. It's safe, clean and small enough to walk around.

[@fmyoung]

13:54 Equatorial Guinea was Spain's only colony in Africa

[@angelaliu9827]

My favourite capital city is a thrilling three-way tie between Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi, and Doha.

[@FreddieDowds-dx3ju]

With fact number 7, it’s also the same with how if you include territory’s, King Edward Point of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands would be the southern most capital in the world

[@seanscott9040]

Could do with an editor and some second takes mate. At 1:33 you say 'declared it's appendance'

[@pond_people]

Very interesting, but Isn't Monte Carlo the capital of Monaco?

[@abdi540]

Thank you for showing Hargeisa as the capital of Somaliland 12:56

[@MelonKingdomOfficial]

3:11 but but Argentina’s must be lower! Sure just a few Km BUT STILL!

[@eduardoescalante4633]

Similar to your fact regarding the most populated French speaking capital, the most populated Spanish speaking capital is Mexico City.

[@wardarcade7452]

And interestingly enough, in Mexico City, there are still Nahuatl speakers (a derivative of the original Aztec language) in addition to the Spanish speaking majority! Mexico City has the distinction of being the ONLY capital city in North and South America that has been CONTINUALLY a capital city since before European settlement.

[@RandomR90]

100 capital city facts next 👇

[@usernLa]

Addis Ababa weather & the people

[@sunilsrinivas]

It is sad that a knowledgeable person would say any movie from the Fast and Furious franchise as their favorite movie 😢 People's choices are varied, however.

[@FSASDCIRCA]

Capital of Monaco is officially Monaco-Ville

[@Hugo_Mendez]

0:04 Ngerulmud (Palau 🇵🇼), because there’s no people living in it.

[@ChenJiaRuiNhps]

I’m from Singapore 🇸🇬 ❤❤❤

[@abhishekmaurya6352]

New Delhi🇮🇳❓

[@MiryaSosume]

for me tokyo; madrid, and singapore (despite being a city state)

[@pavelarsen48]

South America has 13 or 14 capitals. 2 capitals in Bolivia makes 13 in total + French Guyana

[@ziazys7919]

13:44 Sao Paolo has 24 million, Buenos Aires only has 15 million. Also San Marino is not an enclave of Rome. Besides those though, very nice video! Edit: Sao Paolo is not the capital of Brazil, so Buenos Aires still is the biggest one.

[@poisonbcm5275]

Sao Paulo is not the capital of Brazil

[@ziazys7919]

@@poisonbcm5275 oh right, sorry for my mistake

[@homonaledi5024]

Cape Town, Bloemfontein & Pretoria 🇿🇦

[@brianarbenz1329]

On this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PRpqSHhLh-r68 The Geographic Bible states that among continents, South America has the fewest capital cities, at 12. Here, you state that Australia does, since it has only one country. The Geography Bible is just as bad at the Christian bible at being consistent.

[@kriegwhatever]

The newest capital city is actually Nusantara, Indonesia's new capital city.

[@prasad8844]

Correction Srilanka have only one capital sri jayawardena pura but it is in colombo district that's why people are thinking colombo is capital thankx

[@phillippillin96]

I think that the smallest capital city by size would be Vatican City and the next smallest would be Ngerulmud 😃

[@Harsh.Deshpande]

In terms of traffic Delhi, Mumbai and many other cities easily beat london

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have lawlessness in Ukraine, the government has attacked the people, help

[@tdyerwestfield]

When I studied Geography, I found human geography so boring so in turn I don't like cities. I agree with your assessment of Costa Rica. I have the same sentiment with all countries, natural geography is far more attractive than artificial/manufactured geography.

[@Thecreatorshaq]

Cape town south Africa by far a near perfect balance of greenery and urbanization❤.

[@john.smith12]

And homicides.

[@TOm-hr2mb]

Too much crime

[@glizzzerd]

San José, Costa Rica catching strays 💀

[@Vishesh.Trivedi]

I know you are a geography guy, but didn't knew you are a car guy as well 😄 What are your favourite cars?

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have lawlessness in Ukraine, the government has attacked the people, help

[@gregconnor7820]

Excluding Antarctica and Australia, wouldn't north america be the continent with the least capital cities with 3??? Anyway, love these videos and cheers from Niagara falls, Ontario, Canada!

[@Chas2751]

No because Central America is not a continent on its own. It is part of North America. So there are dozens of additional countries here.

[@gregconnor7820]

@@Chas2751 did he say "central america" in the video? Central America would be part of South America. North america only includes Canada, USA and Mexico

[@picobello99]

Central America and the Caribbean belong to North America. South America is on a different tectonic plate.

[@general-i15]

0:03 Oslo because HDI

[@ballamko7]

Kuwait City is not the most populated city in Kuwait. Mainly, you will find government offices, corporate entities, old downtown, etc

[@York22]

It is the largest city.

[@issievdhorst]

Cape Town, my beloved city. the most beautiful!!!

[@heidiandradee]

literally every comment section of the geo bible: actually that’s wrong

[@PlaceandFact]

It's cool, i know less than 1/3 of these

[@bharath2508]

No place in the world can come close to namma Bengaluru.

[@semsem4035]

Kuala Lumpur js my favourite capital ❤

[@Beksultan9]

The capital "Astana" of Kazakhstan is literally translate as "the capital"

[@HCMCDrives]

"which is your favourite", no "what is your favourite".

[@levth01sct]

Edinburgh does not really count, since the UK's capital is London. Scotland is not a country, its a constituent country of the UK. The UK is a de jure unitary country so Scotland is technically further away from being a country than New York State is, since the US is a federation. The State of New York has more autonomy and power over its territory than the Government Scotland has over its territory.

[@richardbersaky]

You gave Damascus two mentions and didn't bother to mention something about Beirut. (Which appeared in the 2nd mention of Damascus). You also fail to ever mention Lebanon in any of your videos. Feels bad.

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have no law in Ukraine and the government has instructed the police to beat and kidnap people, HELP 

[@FakeTahoe]

Ottawa rules! Or so i’ve been told

[@gregorykengstrasser3268]

But North America has only three capital cities - Washington DC, Mexico City, and Ottawa.

[@annoyed707]

False. Denmark, with Hans Island and Greenland in North America has Copenhagen; St. Pierre et Miquelon has Paris;

[@porkiipahfahh]

東京はずっとあたしの一番好きな首都です

[@planetarystargazer]

What If Europe and Australia 🇦🇺 switched places

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

Nur Sultan's name got changed back to Astana ;)

[@robertthomson1587]

Interesting video. But please learn the correct pronunciation of Oceania.

[@ahmedfaarah9677]

I love oslo and ottawa

[@levth01sct]

North America has less capital cities than South America, as North America only has two capital cities, Washington DC and Ottawa. Oh you mean North America including Central America? Technically that is correct, as geographically, Central America is part of the North American continent, but that must be specified, as North America generally refers to the US and Canada ONLY, and sometimes Mexico, but Mexico is also considered part of Central America by many, so it doesnt count. The US and Canada are the only two countries that are unequivocally part of North America. Technically, the North American continent also includes most of Denmark, by way of Greenland, and France, by way of St-Pierre-and-Miquelon.

[@masfiqratul7559]

Amsterdam

[@josuaerick9670]

Didn't expect London to be the capital with the worst traffic, thought it'd be Jakarta

[@ramtailthebattlertr2066]

I'd expect Manila. Myanmars capital has the least traffic tho

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have no law in Ukraine and the government has instructed the police to beat and kidnap people, HELP 

[@martinwhalley3286]

The most populated city on Earth, Tokyo

[@mariatolis4529]

Athens , enjoy their little more affordable.

[@elmascavidal1797]

NYC capital of the world 🌎….. 😂😂

[@Ohsayitditto31]

What

[@2LargeHounds]

Ease up on the "on Earth" reference. It gets tedious. We know you're not talking about Mars or Jupiter.

[@MrPotatoChipsprod.]

My favorite capital is cbus oh

[@levth01sct]

It is NOT Nur Sultan, it is ASTANA. It was reverted back to its original name as capital, Astana, back in September 2022. For a so called Geography bible, you sure make a lot of mistakes, on basic stuff too. Unacceptable.

[@ajbico]

Putting London as the most populated capital city in Europe excluding transcontinental countries 😂😂😂🤔🤔🤔🤦🤦. Bro forgot that UK is a transcontinental country itself. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@matts6816]

No it isn't?

[@rouxgaetan9331]

Paris

[@ZiraRisasi]

Asmara

[@DickieLeeD]

The capital of Kazakstan is Astana again, no longer Nur Sultan.

[@emem2756]

Edinburgh is not a capital of a country

[@platonique]

Why don't people know that capitol and capital are not the same? It's "capitol" when talking about the building or city that is the head of a country.

[@clemente111]

Nairobi only capital having almost half of the city as a national park roaming with the big five.

[@Atlas_21]

MonteVIDEO?? Come on man, you didn't pause here and thought, hmm, I wonder if that is the way to pronounce it? Or you just don't give a f?

[@АнтонЯцюк-о6ж]

We have no law in Ukraine and the government has instructed the police to beat and kidnap people, HELP