Countries That Have 2 Capitals

[@General.Knowledge]

This was a great chance to mispronounce all the capitals' names lol. Do you have any ideas for other videos I can make?

[@kaiseramadeus233]

What was life life in European colonies? Like in Africa, Latin America, the East Indies etc

[@jacksonmoore26]

Why are so many countries flag designs so similar

[@matejsedivec969]

If you are idiot your are idiot!

[@woodsleaves6440]

Hello I´m from czech republic... And you weren´t right.. Brno is not our second capital... The Supreme court was there even before Czech rep was found at 1993 cause we were Czechoslovakia... And Brno was closer to the other part of the Republic (Slovakia), that was reason... And after split up we have found no reasons why we should move it into the Prague

[@strauwberie]

@@matejsedivec969 you don't need to be an asshole tho

[@Komi83]

GK: Czechia has two capitals. Czech people: Excuse me, what the f*ck?

[@tomolsen7869]

Autor tego filmu to idiota. It's a waste of time explaining him how wrong he is, cause he thinks that clip was his flash of brilliance

[@nikkiholdmeier7678]

@@tomolsen7869 what are you talking about

[@helenablizikova332]

Don´t worry. We are used to people don´t really know the basic information about Czechia :D How many times I hear, we speak German or we are part of Russia or Yugoslavia :D (Which already doesn´t exist, by the way).

[@mrtin-voe]

asi tak :DDD

[@tristanb.6326]

i agree we dont have more then 1 cpitals

[@kepzylasmapping7983]

I've never heard a Czech (I myself am a Czech) say that Brno is the second capital of Czechia so it's kind of weird

[@stopgettingoffended2080]

Taky že Brno není druhé hlavní město :D upřímně by mě zajímalo, kde na takovou informaci přišel

[@kepzylasmapping7983]

@@stopgettingoffended2080 jo no mě taky

[@kanga-ross]

Pražští thots by tu skutečnost nepřežili xD

[@Ganet1]

To by někdo mohly říct že i Ostrava je hlavní město lol

[@yonko0454]

to mame to iste na slovensku, tiez je ustavny sud v druhom najvacsom meste, kosice je to kravina a neviem kde na take daco prisiel

[@RosovaEva]

Brno was OK, you totally ruined Olomouc though 😂 And Czechia has only one capital

[@MolcanAnti]

I can't handle pretty much all westerners reading our Cs as Ks...Olomouk, Vaklaf, Kosike :D :D :D

[@lv.1crook]

@@MolcanAnti I'm from Poland so I'm kinda aware how to read Czech and it annoys me as well 😆

[@adyko8231]

On to ale vysvětloval, že ne všechny uvedené státy ve videu mají dvě hl. města ale že některé mají různé státní složky v různých městech, např. v Brně je Republikový soud

[@MolcanAnti]

@@adyko8231 pro upresneni jde o Nejvyssi Soud, Nejvyssi Spravni Soud a Ustavni Soud jako nejvyssi instituce judikatury a vsechny sidli v Brne

[@tobiaspupik3554]

Yes C should be pronouced like C not K

[@อริย์ธัชอริยานุชิตกุล]

There’re 3 capitals in USA: U, S, and A.

[@aaronkaiser]

I see what you did there.

[@jdflorezful]

Clever, understandable and funny, the three most important aspects in a joke. Here's your beer. 🍺

[@kaydenchan7093]

Bruh I’m dead 🤣😂🤣

[@haisangko7942]

No, the USA has 51

[@whiteinferno7942]

Oh I get it!

[@Brug98]

Czechia doesn't have two capitals, only one Prague, Czechia is divided into 3 three big regions, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and every one of them have their own "capital city" Prague, Brno, Ostrava. So officialy czechia has only one capital, Prague, but if you want to count it by the regions, than it has 3. The reason why you mentioning only Prague and Brno is maybe because people from these cities and nearby regions really likes to compete with each other and sometimes there is also a bit of hate in there. A lot of people are stubborn and are living in the past. But they are all czechs with the same Capital Prague, no matter where they live. I never heared of that Czechia has two capitals. Through out the history, capital was changing and the place where the king resided also changed. But now for a long time the only capital is Prague. I don't think that only because Brno has supreme court it makes Brno the second capital. But if I'm wrong and it is official and you can point me on some czechs report on this topic, feel free to correct me.

[@rudo-armejec3882]

Díky D:

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Not to mention that Prague doesn't have 2.7 million people living there, but only 1.3M, same with Brno that doesn't have 607k, but 380k.

[@ninlog]

Karel Janoušek Brno more like prkno hahahahahahahahahhaahha

[@rudo-armejec3882]

@Karel Janoušek Praha je v poho, jinak je to špinavý a na úrovni zbytku čr

[@reneklaczak9566]

He mention Czechia in this video because supreme court is in brno

[@orijuke]

Russia actually has two capitals too, because Constitutional Court is located in Saint Petersburg

[@etelanpingviini7062]

saint Petersburg was the capital of Russian empire

[@bear8284]

@@etelanpingviini7062 how is that important

[@StepanKoppel]

@@etelanpingviini7062 Russia changed its capital more than 3 times. Kiev - >Vladimir->Alexandrov(for a very short time) ->Vladimir-> Moscow->SaintPeterburg->Moscow

[@MorrisPXG]

Austria Hungary:U wot M8

[@centralcartel4654]

@@StepanKoppel Kiev(Kyiv) has never been the capital of RUSSIA, Kyiv was the capital of Kievan Rus’

[@Robert89349]

In Slavic languages that use the latin alphabet c is never k, it's pronounced ts.

[@slavojnini]

Olomuk xd

[@irgendeinpseudonym657]

Podgorika

[@gildy_]

@@slavojnini true i laughed at that hardly

[@MolpPlom]

Czestochowa = Kzestowkowa

[@jojobetzler6308]

@@MolpPlom cz is a combination that makes it own sound so it's pronounced "tchestokhova"

[@balliol9762]

South Africa: You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers

[@CaptainBohnenbrot]

Switzerland: I - I - I am ... sorry ... I'm trying my best!

[@lukasluna5319]

@@CaptainBohnenbrot yeah

[@therationalagnostic2735]

Pump*

[@TheMedicalDemon]

Chell Art South Africa:Three,Take it or leave it.

[@wldsarecool3222]

Oof south Africa

[@schusterlehrling]

In Germany some ministries are still in the old capital of West Germany, Bonn. And the highest courts are actually split over several towns. Plus, of course, our states all have their own capitals.

[@Tom2404]

Yes, at least in the 90's I'd say we had two real capitals.

[@theredestbull]

@@Tom2404 its dejure Berlin, but defacto Berlin and Bonn

[@Bema1001]

The Bundesverfassungsgericht (the equivalent to the supreme court or constititional court) is seated in Karlsruhe in the southwest. Therefore the definition at the end of the video applies. With Bonn you can argue, there are still some government agencies there and sometimes (branches of) ministries. The "major" part moved to Berlin though. Nevertheless, no one in Germany considers Karlsruhe as capital, Bonn might be regarded as one by a minority.

[@njordholm]

@@Bema1001 Bonn has a unique status, it's called "Bundesstadt". As you have already stated above, the ministries headquaters are devided between Berlin and Bonn and they have second seats in Berlin/Bonn vice versa. The "Bundespräsident", "Bundeskanzler" and "Bundesrat" also have a second seat of their institution there. Additionally there is the history of Bonn as capital of the BRD during times of cold war and as well, it's still called and has the title of "UN-Stadt", as there are several headquarters of UN insitutions. So if you are looking at it from an external point of view, where there is no different word for "(Bundes-)Hauptstadt and "Bundesstadt", you can come to the conclusion, that there are two capitals. When it comes to the "Bundesverfassungsgericht" as supreme court and one of the "Verfassungsorgane" beside the above mentioned, which has its headquarter in Karlsruhe, there is also a special point to consider. There are "befriedete Berzirke", I would say DMZ (demilitarised zone) suits mosts for translation, where public meetings such as demonstrations are generally forbidden, if the federal interior minster and the president of the institution wouldn't allow it especially. There are 3 DMZ, one surround the "Reichstag" as place for the parliament, called "Bundestag" and another one surround the "Bundesrat" which headquarters are both in Berlin. The 3rd and last one is surround the "Bundesverfassungsgericht" in Karlsruhe. This makes Karlsruhe unique against all other German cities (- Berlin). If there are some other countries in the world, which consider the headquarter of its supreme court as capital, you can say, Karlsruhe could be considered as Germany's 3rd capital, if you would like to make a general comparison.

[@adamvenhauer]

In Czech republic aren't two capitals. Only Prague.

[@JonasHoly38]

Right!

[@samuelhartman9808]

@Johny Mattti nobrain xd

[@mmmgi6763]

Or if someone wants to talk about multiple capitals of Czech republic talk about all 3 regional capitals (at least that would make sense to me)

[@ceoofprocrastination5740]

True

[@ondrejsveda]

@Johny Mattti nope jen ostrava xd

[@erikperik1671]

Ähm ... by your definition Germany has three capitals: Berlin (seat of parliament - the federal diet, seat of most governmental departments - including the chancelor, official first seat of head of state) Bonn (three governmental departments have to be seated there by law, plus the second official seat of the head of state, and the city is even titled "federal city") Karlsruhe (seat of the federal constitutional court)

[@auctoris1536]

hmm, didn't know that, and im german lol

[@SumSum030]

Are they all in the Berlin area?

[@SumSum030]

Wow, I guess not

[@PeterAuto1]

@@SumSum030 No, Bonn is 470km from Berlin and Karlsruhe 520km from Berlin. Bonn was the Capital when Germany was split in 2. Berlin was in the middle of east Germany, so west Germany chose Bonn as their capital. After reunification Berlin become the capital again, but some ministries stayed in Bonn. I don't know the reason for the Court of Justice

[@SumSum030]

@@PeterAuto1 Yeah. Just looked it up. Interesting...

[@MrCruelworld]

No hard feelings, but I’m Czech and it’s the first time somebody tells me that we have two capitals. That is incorrect, sir.

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

I'm from the Czech republic and Prague is our capital not Brno. Brno is only regional capital of Moravia. (It's like if you said that Edinburgh is also capital of the UK only because it's capital of Scotland.) When we used to be Czechoslovakia, Bratislava was a second capital. (And I hope it will be once a more 🇨🇿❤🇸🇰). Greetings from Moravia.

[@slouberiee]

The author of this vid explained that in this case he uses the definition of a capital city as a city where important state institutions are placed. In this sense, Brno is indeed a capital as well. Brno is a centre of the Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman and the Office for the Protection of Competition (Wiki). So yes, to you and me (both being Czechs) it may sound strange, but the author is right :)

[@ondrejpospisil194]

@@slouberiee well, by this definition it is right but where is it use in practice?

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

@@slouberiee @slouberiee No to sice ano, ale takhle to koncipuje pouze autor a v praxi se tento systém nevyužívá. V žádném českém zákoníku není, že by bylo Brno hlavním městěm kvůli tomu, že tam sídlí Ústavní a Nejvyšší soud. Ani to tak nebylo myšleno, myslím, že to bylo spíše z praktických důvodů, dříve v té budově sídlil Moravský zemský sněm a budova byla nevyužita. A navíc, Vrchní soud v Praze a Olomouci, ne Brně. Takže se úplně nedá říci, že by bylo Brno sídlem justice. Doufám, že vám nevadí, že mluvím naší řečí místo angličtiny, ale nemám rád, když se mezi sebou Češi (a Slováci) baví anglicky. :)

[@wolfclaw3366]

@@slouberiee if we follow that definition then the author should have other countries such as Switzerland where the judicial city is different then the capital

[@veel60]

@@-_pi_- Yeah its so weird seeing that word around, I think its used in a lot of places, I know they have an ombudsman in the US too. And britain.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

In Slavic languages written in Latin script unaccented "c" is like "ts" in English.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@Elijah Edric Guinto yes.

[@samuelsebastiandemsky1743]

How he said Olomuk instead of Olomouc

[@indiaball5039]

n

[@jurajhabek2782]

As a croat this is right

[@samuelsebastiandemsky1743]

Juraj Habek as a Slovak, I am convinced too 😀

[@jakubpetricek]

I am from Prague and I have always enjoyed time spent in Bratislava. Yet, it was odd to be in a capital whose centre was so small. Brno is an important regional centre but it cannot claim to challenge Prague in any way.

After hearing Czechia has two capitals Im not sure what other information from this channel should I disregard as fake

[@kefirmroku4494]

There are lots of fakes in this channel but today's one is funny: he simply mistook Bern(Swiss) and Brno(Moravia) ;) Those two cities have the same name in many European languges as they had the same name originally (in the Venetic-Celthic era). Another examples: Brest (France), Brest (Belarus), Brescia (Italy), Breskens (Netherlands), Brześć (Poland). [in Venetic language it means "outpost" or "edge", another name for "Venetic" is "Proto-Balto-Slavic"]

[@bigmanrob7351]

Actually you can look it up, Czechia does have 2 capitals, Brno and Prague, Prague being the well known one.

[@catman996]

@@bigmanrob7351 sorry bro, but this is cap. I live here and trust me Its know that. Like I was scared af when I saw that

[@blazeeer1483]

@@bigmanrob7351 Sorry man, but I live in Czechia, and I have never heard of Brno being a capital lol-

[@bigmanrob7351]

@@blazeeer1483 I have never heard of it either, but google says it is, so I don’t know. Edit: I looked into it a bit and I only found one result saying Brno was the second capital city, the rest just saying it was a city and Prague was the capital, so I was wrong.

[@lisandrochocobar6930]

Guys: Podgorica is not pronounced /podgorika/. It is pronounced /podgoritsa/. Just keep that in mind

[@reeckoyoshi5887]

Thanks for the info

[@itssaad8663]

Podgorisa is the best pronounciation tho.

[@mikaelsza]

@@itssaad8663 "Podgoriça" as the hoster is Portuguese.

[@theophonchana5025]

It's in Serbo-Croatian and Montenegrin

[@LawAndBedlum]

I'm not from Montenegro, but I knew that and his pronunciation bothered me

[@Woah9394]

Romania from 1956-1959 had 2 capitals as the principalities were partially united(the capitals were the capital of Wallachia which was Bucharest and the capital of Moldovia which was Iași/Jassy)

[@leadiodide8243]

How the hell does having the supreme court in a city automaticly make it a capital city? Prague is the only capital of the Czech Republic end of discussion. As a local, while being historicly correct about Moravia, the logic behind making brno the second capital is just missing to me. But it is a capital of Moravia that's true.

[@AlbemaCZ]

Brněnští zloději.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Going by that Germany would have 6 capital cities. The Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice are in Karlsruhe, the Federal Labour Court is in Erfurt, the Federal Social Court in Kassel, the Federal Fiscal Court is in Munich and the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig. So the 5 supreme courts are spread over 5 cities and none of them is the official capital Berlin. (Because we obviously have to spread out power as much as possible to not let it fall into too few hands)

[@Boby9333]

@@HappyBeezerStudios I think the system is Germany is more like the USA where it's split into district. While in Canada it's based in Ottawa and all hearing must be done in Ottawa except by the means of video conference.

[@MolcanAnti]

The logic behind that is that in standard political studies the three branches of government are defined as legislative (parliament), executive (government) and judiciary (supreme and constitutional courts), so by certain standards, if one of these branches is in a city that city can be considered the leg/ex/judi capital of the country. But yeah, I live in Brno and I'd never call it a capital city (despite the supreme and constitutional courts actually being here).

[@leadiodide8243]

@@MolcanAnti Yeah thanks, *insert generic and cringy moravia joke here

[@lubal7501]

Brno isnt "second capital" by any stretch of imagination. Makes me actually wonder whether rest of the video is just made up bullshit as well. Or indeed all videos

[@michieldevries2228]

I am from The Netherlands and has a point geography now also discussed this.

[@ndpxrq]

Prague,Capital of Czech Republic Brno, Capital of Morava Ostrava, Capital of Slezsko

[@WhiteenViewer]

Using this logic Kosice are Slovak second capital aswell, cuz of Supreme court

[@brejlil]

@@ndpxrq Capital of Silesia is Wroclaw. (Breslau), Capital of Austrian Silesia was Opava (Troppau).

[@matthiastheplotagonistandg7658]

@@brejlil I think you got a stroke writing the last words

[@sllk2914]

I am Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 And you did pronounce the name Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte reasonably well for a foreigner 😁❤️✌🏻️

[@yonko0454]

i dont feel like brno is the second capital, i m living in slovakia and the capital is bratislava, but the highest court is in kosice, but kosice is not considered a capital by any means altho it is the second largest city in slovakia

[@Polarys_CZ]

Yes. There are quite a lot of countries in the world that have some of the institutions in different cities than in the capital. And yet they were not in this video. I would personally not consider a country to have 2 capitals if all the institutions happen to not be in the official capital.

[@Michal-yr7jg]

Yonko 04 im from Slovakia too and i think youre right

[@incorrect6831]

@Ron Lewenberg Well there is Czechia and Slovakia and there was Czechoslovakia. But not any more.

[@JonasHoly38]

I'm from Czechia ,but i think no one think that Brno is second capital of Czechia

[@PavelKlimunda]

@Ron Lewenberg Yes, because Slovakia is not a country ;-)

[@ThomasBrown755]

Ah laughing with all the other south Africans here😂

[@shiveerramphal1802]

Humour is what South Africans use to deal with everything so yes I laugh with you 😂😂🇿🇦

[@dontxtalk]

The Dutch are laughing with you ;D

[@astrojoshy3135]

Yup!😂

[@AssMonkeyGaming]

Yup, you nuts have 3 lol

[@UwU-gv5dg]

The Filipino is laughing with you ;D

[@sobu_hasy]

Germany has actually three cities that have Capital functions. Berlin is the city where the Bundestag (the National Parliament of Germany), Presidential Palace, Chancellor's Office and most of the ministeries has its HQ. While other ministeries has its main office in Bonn and the German Supreme Court has its headquarters in Karlsruhe.

[@JohnSmith-nz4bn]

Australia: Everyone thinks Sydney, but it's Canberra. Unless you're talking COVID-19, then it's Melbourne.

[@Whatevsbabes]

No one wants to visit Canberra. Which is unlike what he suggested. 0:26

[@James-su7vq]

John Smith haha, don’t get us started on Melbourne, Victoria already has the worst reputation in the country lol

[@H0901-l4u]

@@James-su7vq I mean at least Melbourne was the most livable city in the world 7 years in a row, now we're in a complete mess lol

[@James-su7vq]

H0901 I think all of our state city’s have placed in the top 20 for the past decade.

[@H0901-l4u]

@@James-su7vq true true, but only Melbourne's been number 1 for so many years. That's pretty good, just our covid response is pure trash

[@FreFilms]

1. Brno isn’t the 2nd capital of the Czech Republic, it’s just the second largest 2. Prague has only 1,3 million inhabitants

[@george5677]

Only?! In The Netherlands 1 million inhabitants are a lot😂

[@FreFilms]

@@george5677 here it is a lot too, I just wanted to lower the number

[@DacLMK]

Maybe he counted the metro area.

[@Luckenw]

@@DacLMK metro area of prague has 2,6m and Brno somewhere over 700k. Ostravas metro area has like 1,2m tho, so if you use metro area, Brno is actually 3rd.

[@telemnarnumenorean8557]

@David Vašata Brno is bigger than Ostrava as a city itself, but the aglomeration of Ostrava is larger

[@czerw666]

As you said in the video, you made up your own definition of a capital, usually countries define it themselves which in my opinion has much greater significance ... It seems to me thought that if you expend this definition, then surely you must have missed many more countries with some of the government institutions outside of its official capital ...

[@marekserak6037]

I don’t think that Brno is the second capital of Czech Republic. Yes supreme court is in Brno but it doesn’t mean that Brno is the capital. There are plenty of countries which supreme court is not located in capital city. Officially the capital is Prague. This city is a seat of government, it is biggest city of the Czech Republic and this city represents Czech Republic. I live in Czech Republic and we consider Prague as our capital city.

[@kailahmann1823]

Just to compare: Germany has a tendency to place national organisations all over the country. So our Supreme Court sits in Karlsruhe (which was some kind of capital some centuries ago), another national court is in Leipzig. Also some parts of the government are still in Bonn. Then we have Flensburg with the national car register, Hamburg for everything water-related, Frankfurt for the money and so on…

[@111baf]

also the population of Prague and Brno in the video is way off. Prague has ~1.2 mil. and Brno 380k

[@jakubegermajer9841]

Numbers in the video are correct if you include the metropolitan areas of both cities

[@mouzeeczech9921]

@@jakubegermajer9841 Thats like saying that LA has 10 milions of residents even though its the numberof people in that county. The city of Brno has about 340k residents but the "county" of Brno (wich doesnt even exist because Brno is split to: Brno countryside and Brno city) has about 600k residents. TLDR: "County" of Brno has 600k residents city of Brno has 300k

[@paveldostal5105]

Fro m where did they find that!?

[@cat_1878]

South africa: 3 take it or leave it

[@mffmart]

That "Rio de Janeiro", "São Paulo" and "Brasília" were so distinctively Tuga. At that point, I just stopped the video and went to the About section of the channel; there it was: Portugal. 😂

[@kasernesion]

Switzerland has officially NO captial. however, Executive and Legislative is in Berne and the Surpreme Court (Federal Court) is in Lausanne. Why did that not make the list?

[@deepaktupac]

Because like you said we have NO capital not TWO like the others.

[@Notfallkaramell]

I was in Berne, a few days ago. Beautiful city.

[@nicolaolivieripasseri3400]

@@deepaktupac but in the video he said he would consider capital a city where there is one of the powers. PS the judictionary is divided in 3 courts in 3 different cities

[@GlaciaDay]

Well, Japan has officially no captial as well. Even though the government is trying to publish a law to make Tokyo to official captial city of Japan.

[@simeonbaumel7293]

@@Notfallkaramell Berne, baby, Berne....

[@timothycook2917]

He missed Canada. Summer capital: Ottawa Winter capital: Miami 🤣🤣🤣

[@Robob0027]

Lovely comment and almost true.

[@gavial1448]

What?

[@babycyprus9395]

I get the Joke but Miami inst in Canada

[@timmmahhhh]

@@babycyprus9395 the joke is that pretty much everyone in Canada who can goes to Miami to get a break from the cold weather. Just a joke.

[@brauchebenutzername]

@@timmmahhhh ahh, its a joke. I searched for Miami the winter capital of canada and found it near winnipeg in central southern manitoba.

[@xxswissguyxx6915]

Fun fact: Switzerland legally doesn‘t have a capital. However, Bern is defined as the ‚Bundesstadt‘ or ‚federal city‘ and holds both the legislative and executive.

[@SN00PING]

Someone: I live in the capital of South Africa Me: Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

[@jaxwalker5349]

I do tho

[@WERTYUIO821]

At least you know that they dont live in Johannesburg

[@TheWerner182]

In South Africa we usually think of the capital as being pretoria

[@smazelsp6423]

@@TheWerner182 true

[@MortanAMrk]

well i mean it does narrow it down about like 7 million i guess

[@night_aviation]

Wtf?! Czechia doesn't have two capitals! It's like saying that Germany's capitals were Berlin and Munich, or that Russia's capitals are Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol! Also, you messed up pronouncing Podgorica.

[@IvanScriptsEverything]

Ikr... it's Podgoritsa lol, not Podgorica. Tbh, only people from Slavic descent (Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Bulgarians, Serbs, and others) know that that's how u pronounce it.

[@davidkazira6060]

Yeah the categorization of Capital was very funny indeed. Most of the countries here have one capital and just other important cities.

[@vitroznovsky9482]

Jo,Podgorica není Podgorika

[@stgr0186]

@@IvanScriptsEverything well in greek we also pronounce it correctly Ποτγκόριτσα (Potgoritsa) not Podgorica.

[@IvanScriptsEverything]

@@stgr0186 Oh, well thats amazing. I mean I had expected that a different language like Greek wouldnt pronounce the capital as Podgorica.

[@thelosthampter4734]

As a Czech a can say Brno can be called *The second capital city*, because its the biggest city in Moravia (part of Czechia) and the second biggest city in Czech Republic, but i have never heard somebody say it (until today). It's like if you say that Edinburgh is capital of UK because it's the biggest city in Scotland.

[@xxpvpmasterskillerproskyen514]

Actually Germany has also kind of two capitals: "Bundeshauptstadt Berlin" and "Bundesstadt Bonn". While in Berlin there is the headquarters of the Bundestag, Bundesrat, the Federal Government, the Federal President and 8 ministries, Bonn is the headquarters of the 6 other ministries, most of the federal authorities and a second seat of the Bundeskanzler, Federal President and the Bundesrat. When you also include the Supreme Court Germany actually has three capital cities with Karlsruhe being the headquarter of the Bundesverfassungsgericht.

[@arx3516]

Yeah, from what i know Germany never had a city that had more historical importance than the others. Wich is curious when you compare it with Italy, where the kingdom of Sardinia went to extreme lenghts to move the capital in Rome, wich at the time wasn't either the biggest city, nor the richest in Italy.

[@semiretired86]

Bonn was the capital of West Germany and still tecnically is Berlin is in East Germany and was the capital of East Germany (the Sovjet zone) Berlin were dwvided into 4 sectors during the cold war

[@jakubegermajer9841]

Actually Berlin was the official capital of both West and East Germany. Government of the FRG resided "provisionally" in Bonn (and parts of are still located there), while the government of GDR was located in the Soviet sector of Berlin (East Berlin).

[@HolgerJakobs]

@@semiretired86 But there is no _East Germany_ any more. Of course, there are Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern regions, like anywhere alse. We just have our Federal States (Länder). Germany was divided into 4 zones after WWII, three of which (French, British and American) formed the BRD (FRG), while the Soviet zone became the DDR (GDR). Equally, Berlin was divided into 4 sectors.

[@semiretired86]

@@HolgerJakobs I know that but Berlin still wasn't the (official) german capital until 1990

[@erikotte1930]

Your definition of "multiple capitals" is absolutely loony. In a many countries, especially multilingual or federally organized ones, government institutions are distributed across different regions. No sane person would ever think of calling Brno in the Czech Republic, Karlsruhe in Germany or Lausanne in Switzerland (just as an example) the capital just because the Supreme Court is located there. According to your definition, there are 30 capitals in Germany, including such world-famous metropolises as Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Braunschweig, Flensburg, Hürth or Salzgitter. No offense, but this video is pure balderdash.

[@simeonbaumel7293]

Balderdash = A rapidly receding hairline.

[@metalhat3534]

I agree, his points are a bit weird. But regarding Switzerland: We have no federal capital, but the cantons each have their own capitals, of which Lausanne is one. So yeah, Switzerland has no single capital but 26.

[@aadhisenthivel5107]

@@metalhat3534 I thought Bern was your central capital

[@somedudethatripsplanetinha4221]

@@aadhisenthivel5107 no its just the capital the world says the swiss have

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@metalhat3534 Switzerland also has 7 heads of state. Another point where there is a true war between Switzerland and Germany: Who can make things more complicated and bureaucratic. But we can counter with 5 supreme courts in 5 different cities.

[@HeinrichTsanov]

Bear in mind that in all Slavic languages that use Latin script sounds like ts. They already have for the k sound.

[@jacksonmoore26]

Crazy how South Africa can have 3 capitals, and the largest and most known city is not even one of them

[@museoo]

So What is the largest and most known city? I always thought it was Cape Town lol

[@knockeledup]

K- Explosion Johannesburg

[@roy_hks]

I think Kaapstad is the best known city in South Africa, for Europeans at least.

[@corentinnicolas9857]

@@roy_hks Kaapstad?! No Johannesburg is more known. It's one of the biggest city in Africa with Lagos, Addis-Abeba, Cairo and Dar-es-Salaam

[@roy_hks]

Corentin NICOLAS Doesn’t make it the best known city. All tourist ads in the Netherlands refer to Cape-Town and I’m pretty sure the same goes for most countries.

[@DanierCZ]

As a Moravian Czech studying in Brno I must say I would have never thought of Brno as an alternative capital to Prague nor would anyone else I know.

[@therealnuggetball]

It's more of a de facto/de jure deal because technically we do have two capitals, because of Brno having a important part of the legislature seated in it... and that's what would qualify it as a co-capital on de facto basis but in law and common sense it's obvious that Prague is the only and true capital city considering it has the seat of power of the government and head of state.

[@tommywulfric9768]

In South Africa, there could've 4 capitals, but the capital of the fourth province, Natal, which was Pietermaritzburg, received monetary compensation.

[@danielsilva8922]

Video title: "countries that have 2 capitals" South Africa: Am I a joke to you??

[@prielknaaphofnar.9754]

South Africa has 3

[@mfra959]

Yess, more many then Chezhia

[@slouberiee]

@@mfra959 Please don't butcher our name it is either Czechia or the Czech Republic.

[@victorbruant389]

Turkey: Ankara and Berlin

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Lol

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Ankara and Istanbul :)))

[@aym.s5827]

Will Games because Berlin is the capital city of Germany, the country with the most Turks outside of Turkey

[@Blyatuber]

Nah Ankara and Stockholm

[@wldsarecool3222]

Istanbul is the largest city not the capital also Stockholm is in Sweden and Berlin is in Germany

[@bredsheeran2897]

General knowledge: “South Africa has 3 capitals” Switzerland: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@eduardodehnal7518]

brno isn't a second capital i live there and can confirm

[@AndersGehtsdochauch]

@Roofed BG But then Karlsruhe (!) would be the second capital of Germany, lmfao 🤣

[@AndersGehtsdochauch]

Thank you Eduard for the confirmation... I thought well there must be sth wrong here.... 😉

[@QuentinWatt]

Haha... well done on butchering both Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Pretoria = "Pre to ree uh" Bloemfontein = "Bloom fon tayn" The 3 capitals of South Africa were once each the capital of their own country. These 3 countries eventually merged into "The union of South Africa" after the British won the 2nd Boer war. For some reason, during the settlement, they divided the responsibilities of each city instead of revoking capital status of 1 of them.

[@roy_hks]

I almost had a stroke hearing him pronounce Bloemfontein.

[@rathersane]

There were almost four capitals, but Pietermaritzburg, if I recall correctly, was somehow bribed to drop out of the club.

[@zanethegamer4910]

I've always pronounced it Pre Toar ia

[@ongeziwemaliwa5950]

Ok but no one expects you to pronounce the names of cities in Lithuania or some foreign nation so you could have corrected him without the sass.

[@karwan6385]

@@ongeziwemaliwa5950 I'm trying to pronounce them. It's kinda fun for me.

[@untruelie2640]

Germany is actually quite similar to South Africa. The official capital is Berlin (the seat of the Parliament, the President, the Chancellor and half of the ministries), but half of the ministries remain in Bonn, the old provisional capital of West Germany during the Cold War. These two cities are officially considered to be the seats of government. However, other important federal institutions are located in other cities because of the federal structure of Germany. The Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court are located in Karlsruhe, Leipzig has the Federal Administrative Court and parts of the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Social Court is located in Kassel, etc.

[@polskasila3742]

3:16 Brno pronunciation was pretty good, but in Olomouc shit hits the fan, im pretty sure that Olomuk isnt right xd

[@vasekcz]

Ahoj bratře

[@wacawkonstanty7170]

Polska Polska

[@lordchaluha]

Zdravím, muži kultury a vědění

[@deniskupciha4232]

Pozdravujem zo Slovenska

[@wacawkonstanty7170]

Pozdrawiam z Polski

[@vasekcz]

we do not have 2 capitals My nemáme 2 hlavní města Czechia But thanks for putting us in the thumbnail :D

[@lmaocetung]

No

[@MikoRalphino]

No?

[@lmaocetung]

Brno has many things, that Prague has not, and they are important things to be a capital. So not officially, but de-facto Brno must be second capital

[@erikhonkys118]

@@lmaocetung No, it's not, stop. If you're czech aswell, then my guess is you were sleeping during history and geography at elementary school :).

[@davidbohem6524]

bud nerozumis anglicky nebo jsi to nepochopil😆😆

[@gn0015]

The Malaysian government moved most of their administrative office to Putrajaya because Kuala Lumpur was getting so crowded because it has been the center of the country for so long. Putrajaya was pretty much founded and developed for the purpose of housing all the most important government administrative offices.

[@nick_vigerfil]

Also i have learned that your neighbour country of Indonesia will change their current capital....!!! 😯 !

[@gn0015]

@@nick_vigerfil I heard some people said it's because Jakarta is overcrowded, but I also heard that it's because the whole island might get drowned with rising sea level so they're planning well ahead before that happens. But I have also heard that the island they're planning to move their capital to (Borneo Island) is also at the risk of being inundated in a few decades so who knows what's up.

[@Tenesorsuper]

European union has 4 capital cities: - Brussels, seat of European Council, European Commission and European Parliament - Luxembourg, seat of Court of Justice - Estrasbourg, seat of Europarliament - Frankfurt, seat of European Central Bank

[@derorje2035]

Officially the European parliament does have a seat in Luxembourg but they never meet each other there.

[@mouzeeczech9921]

European union doesnt have any capitals. It cant have any because its not a country. These are just places where these buildings are

[@_undefined1744]

UK is the penal colony of the EU, I guess?

[@UniversalMJB]

@@_undefined1744 The United Kingdom has one main UK capital and three constituent country capitals, so there are 4 capitals in total. UK Capital: London Parliament: UK Parliament, London Official residents of the Prime Minister: 10 Downing Street, London England Capital: London Parliament: UK Parliament, London (E.VE.L for the purpose of England only laws) Scotland Capital: Edinburgh Parliament: Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh (Official Residents of the First Minister: Bute House, Edinburgh Wales: Cardiff (Welsh Parliament) N.Ireland: Belfast (N.Ireland Assembly)

[@pierrej8011]

Well if you define "capital" that way Germany has 2 as well: Berlin & Bonn as some ministerial institutions remained there after the reunification and most of those who are in Berlin have secondary offices in Bonn

[@domipe348]

Don't forget karlsruhe as seat of the main court, wiesbaden as the main seat of police force, pulheim as main seat of intelligence and so on and on and on. His definition of a capital city can be stretched quite a lot.

[@themetalhead2867]

3:50 I think that your pronounciation of Brno was actually pretty good! The only thing I would tell you is that in case of Olomouc, the "ou" is really pronounced as "OU", not only "U", and the "C" isn't pronounced as "K", but more like as "TS" So no "Olomuk", but rather "Olomouts" (The same with Podgorica - not "Podgorika", but "Podgoritsa") I think it's like this in almost every word in Slavic languages.

[@8Hshan]

Literally every native word (I think, as a native speaker of one Slavic language) in which it's not in a "cz" combo.

[@JustTheDabster]

@@8Hshan How would any non-native speaker (or at least non-Slavic) know whether it's pronounced TS or Ć or Č (CZ in Polish, CH in English)?

[@8Hshan]

@@JustTheDabster Umm, those are written differently? I'm not sure I understand your question

[@JustTheDabster]

Better to use "Olomoots", as "ou" in words like doubt, bout, gout, lout, rout, mount are pronounced like "ow" in cow. And then there's "ou" in the word four. Or could say "Olomouts" with "ou" pronounced as in the word "you".

[@JustTheDabster]

How is an English speaker to know how to pronounce "c", as no characters specific to that Slavic language are used. So, for example, in Czech how would you know when a C is C, Ć or Č? At least in Polish CZ is clear as no special characters are used.

[@UltimateAzumanger]

3:17 C in Czech is pronounced like the ts in flats.

[@Schody_lol]

You mean it’s affricate.

[@minecraftmarc6668]

If there will be a part 2 you can add Germany as well: Berlin and Bonn. The official capital is Berlin, but most of the ministries are located in Bonn due to the loss of WW2 when Bonn became the official capital of West Germany.

[@TheTesha328]

I live in Brno and let me tell you one thing: CZECHIA HAS ONLY ONE CAPITAL CITY and that's Prague.

[@FC-cn5rx]

There is a growing movement for the secession of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Could you maybe investigate? and bless us with one of your splendidly informative videos on this matter?

[@nico27]

Noooooo then South Africa will only have 2 capitals :(

[@mogalelebethe6082]

Really? I thought it was more to KwaZulu-Natal than Western Cape.

[@maxxldn]

I am from Cape Town, Western Cape and I can confirm that this is supported by a very very small percentage of people (almost nobody) but recently there was a political party that promised this but they didn’t get many votes.

[@FC-cn5rx]

zoneradio.co.za/podcast/capexit-interview-with-des-palm-dr-peter-hammond/?fbclid=IwAR3OhQZjuxFJTDPxuAjOaIL2T38bUymTGDJVT2qBELULHiKA2oXuZAmq96A

[@rwboa22]

There is also the Volkstaat movement, which would be either a "Reversed Bantustan" or an independent republic (I would prefer it would be a constituent nation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) strictly for Afrikaaners (the Dutch-speaking South Africans that instituted Apartheid).

[@Mister_Ri_MFBMT]

Fyi on Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur is THE capital of the Federation of Malaysia. There's NO TWO about it. Putrajaya is a purpose-built city of federal territory for the government administratives region. The sole reason for the development n creation of Putrajaya was to centralise all the government ministries, departments, agencies, offices, etc in one location. It also houses the Supreme Courts called the Palace of Justice, state royal castles, a number of foreign countries' diplomatic embassy n offices. However, Putrajaya is never the capital of Malaysia officially n technically. The Parliament under Legislative Branch remains in Kuala Lumpur with some other head quarters for several govt offices e.g. the federal Royal Malaysian Police PDRM.

[@statsy150]

I thought that Johannesburg was one of the capitals of South Africa

[@x1mini]

No, Johannesburg is sometimes mistaken for being one of the capitals. Johannesburg is just the biggest city.

[@tauceti8060]

@@x1mini Cape town and Durban are two for sure

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen]

Common mistake to think that by foreigners

[@EuroBogan]

@@tauceti8060 Durban isn't one. The three are Cape Town, Pretoria & Bloemfontein

[@MartinMenge]

Johannesburg is the financial capital.

[@Dave-hn5tl]

South Korea has two capitals, although not set in law: Seoul and Sejong. Sejong is the de facto administrative capital, and all government institutions are slated to move there by 2030.

[@solarianstorm]

I was going to say something on this as well, glad to see someone made note of it :D Seoul, or Hanyang, has been the capital of Dae Ahn Ming Gook (The Great Republic of Korea - aka South Korea) and several of the old Korean kingdoms for something like 1500 years. However, because of the massive overcrowding of Seoul, one of the most populated metropolitan cities in the world, and because of its proximity to the border with the North, Sejong City was constitutionally established and has already received several government institutions over the last 2 decades or so, including emergency functions for the Legislative and Executive branches should Seoul come under attack or get captured. Much like how the US government always has a member of the Presidential Cabinet tucked away safely during major functions to preserve the Presidency, S. Korea has individuals in authority who operate in Sejong City to maintain government functions should disaster strike.

[@bangscutter]

Well, both Koreas claim the whole peninsula is theirs, so there are two Korean capitals.

[@haraffael7821]

@@solarianstorm the true reason will be so the north koreans cant immediately hit the government all at once if shit goes down

[@adventures_4d]

Me actually sitting in Cape Town right now, Proud as fuck 😁😂

[@uzilewillams8216]

Me in Johannesburg

[@cosmiccruise8372]

South africa: *Welcome to downtown coolsville*

[@AmsterdamKayakGuy]

During the Dutch revolt Amsterdam remained loyal to the Spanish crown and could therefore not become the capital city, even though that was supposed to happen eventually. In the interim the Hague took over as temporary capital and the provisionary Dutch government settled there. When Amsterdam was finally liberated/conquered and all the Spanish loyalists (catholic) in power were replaced by supporters of the revolt (protestant) the Hague had established itself as the seat of government and it was decided to keep it this way. Amsterdam did become the capital because it was the richest and most powerful, but the Hague remained kind of the de facto capital by retaining the government thus being the seat of power. Just what I think is right, as far as I can remember.

[@MalePietje]

I'd like to add; During Napoleon's reign his younger brother Louis Bonaparte was appointed king of the Netherlands (then renamed to Kingdom of Holland) in 1806. Louis could never settle on the location for his capital city while he was in Holland. He changed capitals over a dozen times, trying Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and other places. In 1808 Amsterdam became the capital till 1810 when Holland was fully annexed by France. Amsterdam became the official capital of the Netherlands again in 1814 after Napoleon's defeat.

[@bomcabedal]

@@MalePietje Also, Amsterdam is only the capital by law since the 1980s, when that line quoted in the video was added to the constitution. Although Amsterdam is the largest city in the country, it still isn't the capital in any meaningful sense; it's like an honorary title more than anything else. The cultural implications are interesting: The Hague is still old money, a bit stuffy, with a great restaurant scene but not very rich culturally (not counting the "Hagenezen"). Amsterdam is new money, very plebeian and with a cultural infrastructure that is the envy of the rest of the country (because they pay for it).

[@kabouterwesley83]

Also, the Hague is the capital of the province of South Holland.

[@howardholland5180]

Amsterdam is the capital city, because the king/queen is crowned there. And from 1815 to 1830 the united kingdom of the Netherlands has 3 capital city's. Amsterdam, Brussels and The Hague.

[@rjlindeman]

@@MalePietje k zwiers, this isn't true.. the situation is much older than that, the states were already in the hague since 1477...

[@alpharius2076]

South Africa: Netherlands, I can explain! Netherlands: You have 3 capitals, while I have only 2. Argentina(for example): you have more than 1 capital!? Switzerland: you guys have capital?

[@ognjenpetrovic5843]

"C" in Olomuc, Cetinje, Podgorica etc. is pronounced [ts] as in all Slavic languages

[@ernestgaray5809]

Bénin: Porto Novo & Cotonou Côté d'Ivoire: Abidjan & Yamassoukro Tanzania: Dodoma & Dar es Salaam

[@_Goodbye]

Surprised that I couldn’t find a South African showing the Afrikaans/African pronunciation of the cities names, but I’m glad there isn’t. Tbh, it’s kinda interesting to hear how people from completely different countries pronounce our cities :)

[@slltx]

3:16 No hate just want to say you that the pronunciation of Olomouc is something like: Olomooutss

[@jiripoduska3785]

Přesně 👍

[@rathersane]

Almost got Brno right though. Just remember that in Czech, all words are stressed in the first syllable.

[@lastar6118]

it's "AWLAWMOHTS". I would say that it's not exactly "AW" but it's "OH" without the "W" vowel at the end

[@incorrect6831]

And here comes the Polish with Ołomuniec XD Like why???

[@lastar6118]

@@incorrect6831 what would u say about some slovak places: "Dudince", "Ďurďošík", Černochov (sounds like "black people), Vybúchanec (someone who explodes),

[@thatflemishdude4034]

Im Flemish, your pronunciation of Bloemfontein 😂 Im dying

[@idkmyname7211]

The way he said "Olomouc" lmao

[@eduardofrancosaucedo7814]

Thank you! As a Bolivian, I am so thankful I am you made this distinction. I felt identified with your Netherlands explanation: Bolivians (or maybe this is a pet peeve of mine) get a bit annoyed if you mention that La Paz is the capital, even though in practice it sort of is by being the seat of govt. We get taught about Sucre being the true capital so extensively that it becomes so entrenched in our psyche. I feel that this goes back, as you said, to the strong importance it used to have in colonial times and this is where independence ideals started. Perhaps Santa Cruz replacing La Paz just as it happened with the latter replacing Sucre will be the case someday but wont happen anytime soon for political reasons.

[@eddie_castorin1235]

As a foreigner, we are told/we usually learn that La Paz is the capital of Bolivia. I recently learned about Sucre, and the importance of this capital to Bolivians. Of course this is meant from an exterior pov, I have no intent in disregarding Bolivians.

[@chrisberkmann]

In Estonia we have an summer capital - Pärnu winter capital- Otepää Culture capital- Tartu , but offical capital is always Tallinn

[@BiglerSakura]

What makes Otepää winter capital?

[@chrisberkmann]

@@BiglerSakura skiing

[@Lucius_Shiro]

Because of the War of the Pacific, Perú also had 2 capitals: Lima (the actual capital) and Arequipa. During the war, the Chileans captured Lima and the government had to escape to Arequipa, serving as some kind of headquarters. As soon as the war ended, Lima became the official capital and Arequipa was left as a normal big city.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

1:30 Chile looks like it got a tumor with the addition of Bolivia. Actually it makes it look like a musical note

[@MK00040]

hello

[@Ignacio.Romero]

long now longer

[@karwan6385]

@@Ignacio.Romero and fatter

[@hmoobmeeka]

Its avery the cuban-american. Where am I going to see you next?

[@NicoCeleste1]

Because Chile is the largest country in the World xd

[@donshahzam]

So for Malaysia, the Prime Minister at the time proposed to move administrative functions (government bodies, ministries) to another location ala Washington DC, probably because Kuala Lumpur was getting really congested. But, Kuala Lumpur is still the capital, ministers and their ministry just operate out of Putrajaya.

[@XpertMSY]

👍

[@williamferguson8543]

Fun Fact: the Prime Minister of Malaysia was nearly assassinated by Derek Zoolander.

[@lilianehuggett1564]

Think it'll ever shift to JB?

[@donshahzam]

@@lilianehuggett1564 definitely not. Too far away from main business hub and biggest port and airport in the country, not to mention KL is the population center. JB should be more of satellite business hub to attract more investments from SG but not suitable as capital due to geography (too far south the peninsula) and politics (Johor royalty is either really loved or really annoying)

[@pepperVenge]

In Star Trek, the country Earth is part of; the United Federation of planets, there's a number of different capitals. First, there are 4 planets, Earth, Vulcan, Andora, and Tellora, that are all technically capital planets, if you will. Each was a founding member of the Federation. For whatever reason (probably a human bias since Star Trek is a human thing) Earth is where the Federation Council and President are, making Earth the primary capital. But on Earth itself, there isn't a single capital city. The Federation Council meets in San Fransisco, and the Federation President lives and works in Paris. This effectively means Earth has 2 capitals in Star Trek; San Fransisco and Paris.

[@BK-qk8fq]

Paris is now the capital of North africans, not of France anymore.

[@joshcarlson6575]

Would Czechoslovakia have three capitals?

[@vasekcz]

No one Prague

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@vasekcz Technically Prague and Bratislava

[@abstract_duck]

how about austria-hungary ....

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@abstract_duck Austria-Hungary had "just" 2 capitals

[@evzenvarga9707]

@@sebestyenpinter706 if Austria-Hungary went full on Federation it would have at least 5 capitals.

[@kleinemonnik]

Fun fact about the Netherlands: the capital (and largest city) is Amsterdam, while the seat of government is in The Hague, but the capital of the province in which Amsterdam lies is not Amsterdam, but Haarlem.

[@Koopsw]

Even weirder: The Hague is not a city but a village! It has never been granted city rights

[@kleinemonnik]

@@Koopsw You're right, that makes it indeed even more interesting.

[@nick_vigerfil]

Impressive 😯😯😯

[@akuma401_]

Japan used to have two Tokyo the economic and Kyoto where the royal family lived but they eventually moved to Tokyo

[@amirashraf6422]

Hello, just an ordinary Malaysian passing by. Have a good day. And happy independence day 31/8 🇲🇾

[@muhammadhanishanis9576]

Though it’s quite late to say this, but dont forget “Hari Malaysia” 16 Sept..

[@jacksonmabray6149]

Brno was pretty close, but the ‘c’ in Olomouc is pronounced as a “ts” rather than a “k”

[@danielaleksandrov1167]

Same for Podgorica. The „c“ is read as „ts“ too

[@lastar6118]

@@danielaleksandrov1167 u r a serb or montenegrin?

[@xyzzy219]

@@lastar6118 both?

[@lastar6118]

@@xyzzy219 politically theyre different countries

[@xyzzy219]

@@lastar6118 yeah

[@Varenliels]

Also, I've noticed on maps that Pretoria is also referred to as Johannesburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg are two different cities that happen to touch each other

[@rockingrollin425]

Chile never managed to decentralize anything, the reason some things had to move to Valparaiso is because it's the closest port to Santiago.

[@samueladams2340]

For Malaysia, they moved the capital because of firstly, in theory, decentralization. KL was the financial hub of the whole country as well as the seat of government. Secondly, pragmatically, KL was (and still is) so congested in traffic that it became unfeasible to travel by private vehicle, resulting in billions lost in economic efficiency, same problem as Indonesia, who is also moving their capital city from Jakarta to Borneo Island.

[@noorazfaruddin467]

Not really. Capital city of Malaysia is Still Kuala Lumpur. While, Putrajaya was administrative capital. I was born and lived in Malaysia. Only Malaysian know Malaysia at it's best.

[@samueladams2340]

@@noorazfaruddin467 who is to say Im not a Malaysian living in Malaysia? Regardless, my point still stands: Malaysia decided to delocalize KL's importance. Its just smart planning to not put all your eggs in one basket. Especially if too many eggs cause economic inefficiency due to traffic jams.

[@noorazfaruddin467]

@@samueladams2340 that was basic management concept.

[@sangor19]

Hello. Greetings from Costa Rica. I would like to contribute with this historical part of my country. Long ago, the capital of Costa Rica was Cartago, but later, there was a law in Costa Rica called "Ley de la Ambulancia", which stated that the capital of the country will move each four years to one of the four main provinces of the country, being them Cartago, San José, Alajuela and Heredia. When this law was eliminated, the current capital was San José, and that is why our capital is Now San José and not Cartago.

[@davidwhite1919]

This is very interesting. However, as you seem to concede towards the end, most people wouldn’t regard these as cases of 2 capitals, but rather the distribution of some political, judicial or administrative functions to other parts of the country.

[@a2falcone]

A few more facts about Chile: - While the main seat of Congress is in Valparaíso since 1990, the old Congress building in Santiago is still in use. Plenary sessions of the chambers of Congress and the presidential account (a speech similar to the state of the union adress) must be held in Valparaíso, but the rest of legislative work (like legislative comissions) is done in both venues. - Santiago has been the capital of Chile from 1541 to 1556 and then, continously, from 1607 to this day. This is, of course, because Spanish colonies had their own capitals. - As mentioned, the national HQ of some amministrative institutions are located in Valparaíso. The reason is that it made more sense for those institutions to be located in a port city instead of land locked Santiago (navy, customs and fishing service). The exception would be the Ministry of Culture, but Valparaíso is a city with a lot of cultural heritage and a UNESCO world heritage site, so that's the reason. - While under the broad definition of capital you can consider Valparaíso a capital, it is not officially a capital city and no one in Chile has ever considered it a capital. - Moving the seats of some institutions to Valparaíso (a process called "delocalization") has not brought any decentralization at all to an already very centralized Chile. What matters for decentralization is what policies are made and how. The where is irrelevant.

[@ΘάνοςΠυλαρινός]

In Greece we call Thessaloniki, co-capital (συμπρωτεύουσα), it's the second largest city in Greece and has been really important throughout history. But Athens is the capital from 1834 (before Athens it was Nafplio - Ναύπλιο)

[@Aedar]

Brno was pronounced more or less correctly, as was Znojmo, but Olomouc wasn't even close :D Close approximation, "ou" reads like "oa" in "boat" and "c" sounds like "ts" Also, I don't know where you got the population numbers, but Brno has less than 400k and Prague has around 1,5 mil. And lastly, no one here considers Brno a second capital. The supreme court was founded in the short period of time between fall of communism and split of Czechoslovakia so the main reasons most likely were: 1) proximity to Bratislava, so it can be seen to be "half-way" between Czech and Slovak Part of Czechoslovakia 2) decentralization of power. The communists liked to put everything in Prague, this was supposed to show around Czechoslovakia that things will change. But still, great video, always love it when we at least get mentioned ;)

[@viktornovomestsky3999]

I agree with everything you have said, with one correction only: "Brno has less than 400k and Prague has around 1,5 mil" - his numbers, 606k for Brno and 2,7 Mio for Prague are correct, if you count the suburbs and metropolitan areas as well.. So actually, both of you are correct

[@Aedar]

@@viktornovomestsky3999 I can't speak for Brno, only been there like twice, but I think that 2,7 for Prague is still a bit too much. I also saw these numbers before, and I stil disagree... 2,7 counts both Prague itself (1,3) and the entire central bohemian region (1,4). BUT! many of the cities in central bohemian region are too far to be considered part of Prague. Realistically you can only consider a prt of this region to be "Prague" personally I wouldn't go past 1,8, but you're right, when you start counting sorrounding villages etc. it's hard to get exact number and definition :) Also I don't really care nearly enough to argue about it, so like you said, we're both correct :D

[@viktornovomestsky3999]

@@Aedar You're right, it's hard to get the exact number.. But in the future, with the expansion of Prague, the central bohemian region will get swallowed by it, therefore it will be correct then.. But yeah, according to the official data, Prague city itself has 1,3 Mio citizens only, though the number is expected to rise sharply in the coming years (happened after the 2015 migrant crisis already, when a lot of western EU neighbors moved to CZ)...

[@MrToradragon]

@@Aedar Now question is whether we will consider only people wit permanent residency in Prague or people that actually live there and in it's metropolitan area.Then his number can be close. As well if he is from "New World" he could with ease consider whole Central Bohemia as metropolitan area of Prague. Take in account that in many parts of the world it would be so. As well take in account that if we would say that metropolitan area is around 30 minutes from city centre by train, it can under certain conditions include places as far as 60km.

[@nicolasmartin-minaret6157]

Valparaíso "closer to the shore" :well, it is the main port in the country, so...

[@zoeortega9002]

General Knowledge: *Explaining South Africa 🇿🇦* Me: *Wondering why they added Lesotho 🇱🇸 to South Africa 🇿🇦*

[@levienkon]

Japan: No capital in law. Kyoto “京都” means “capital” while Tokyo actually act the “capital”.

[@imadeyoureadthis9124]

+LeviaEnko it was the capital of japan, tokyo is now

[@levienkon]

@@imadeyoureadthis9124 Actually even now, Tokyo is not the Capital. The main parts of Tokyo is just a part of the Capital and geographically located in the middle. If you check the law in Japan about where on earth is the capital, it will tell you there are no capital city but a capital area also called the Greater Tokyo Area. That's why even most Japanese considering Tokyo is the capital city as while. This big Circle contained Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, and several other areas in other prefectures. While Ogasawara Islands and Okutama are truly inside "Tokyo" but defiantly countryside. XD

[@imadeyoureadthis9124]

+LeviaEnko BUT tokyo means east capital

[@connoroneill9406]

LeviaEnko this guy’s right ^. Tokyo *is* Japan’s capital

[@牧鎌谷得]

Japan and the world thinks Tokyo is the capital, Kyotonese thinks Kyoto is the capital. Well it's neither right or wrong though, as both Tokyo and Kyoto has an imperial palace

[@radiantrealms]

Here's an honorary mention: Canada. The actual capital of the nation is Ottawa. But Quebec considers itself a "nation within a nation" and will refer to the capital of their province, Quebec City, simply as "La capitale nationale". It can get pretty confusing watching French-Canadian news.

[@levienkon]

Toronto Hamilton Mississauga: No I am capital XD. And London: I have a true capital city name.

[@dennisschwartzentruber3204]

Actually Canada now has the National Capital District consisting of Ottawa ,Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec ! Sorry ,Quebec is a province albeit a nation within a NATION !

[@radiantrealms]

@@dennisschwartzentruber3204 I know lol, I live in Gatineau. Which is why it's super confusing to hear QC City called "la capitale nationale".

[@timothycook2917]

He missed Canada. Summer capital: Ottawa Winter capital: Miami 🤣🤣🤣

[@nick_vigerfil]

So finally (if we count Quebec as Country within a Country) how many capitals Canada 🇨🇦 have ??? 🤯😯🤯😵

[@Stream.Logicc]

Dude slaughtered English pronunciations in South Africa😂😂😂

[@TryPie256]

How many capitals you wanna have? South Africa: YES

[@kwebax9909]

They can add Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley, Soweto etc xddddd

[@MartinMenge]

Res Publica

[@numu4913]

Russia have Saints-Petersburg, when you ask Russians "what city is capital?" you can hear about Saints-Petersburg as second capital of Russia

[@vstrom650gr]

In Greece, even though it's not an official status, apart from Athens, we refer to Thessaloniki (the second largest city in Greece) as "Co-Capital" (in Greek "symproteuousa"

[@nick_vigerfil]

That's right 👍( Έτσι ακριβώς πατρίδα 😉🙂😎) as also in the Eastern Roman Empire Thessaloniki was also the co-reign city symvasileuousa (Συμβασιλεύουσα) 🇬🇷

[@Krzysztof25XD]

I want to mention that Germany also have 2 capital cities; Berlin and Karlsruhe (seat of the supreme court and the constitutional court).

[@agricolon]

Don‘t forget to mention Bonn as former capital where are still located some federal ministries...

[@sohopedeco]

@@agricolon Bonn is also the capital of the UN Convention on Migratory Birds