Why Did These 10 Countries Move Their Capitals?

[@Zockid22]

4:07 They officially changed the name of the capital back to Astana in 2022, so it's not known as Nur-Sultan anymore

[@mikespearwood3914]

Why the change back?

[@xenonx.4172]

@@mikespearwood3914 Nur-Sultan was named after a dictator

[@keegabpshifter1907]

Yes and they wanted to distance themself from his history

[@quandale8608]

Its originally astana before nur sultan then they change it back in its original name

[@mysteriousDSF]

Fun fact about Burundi's new capital Gitega: it's so high elevation that daily highs barely scratch 20°c year-round. Daily minimum is typically around 12 whereas daily high is 18-19. It's quite pleasant and very cool for a tropical country!

[@perla5465]

Yeah I check the weather in Burundi, Bujumbura is hot but Gitega looks a nice temperature, usually between 19-22 degrees.

[@sydhenderson6753]

@@perla5465 The old capital of Equatorial Guinea was located on the island because the weather is much better there.

[@perla5465]

@@sydhenderson6753 where’s it now?

[@sydhenderson6753]

@@perla5465 Still on the island while thry'e building an new capital, Ciudad de la Paz, on the mainland.

[@perla5465]

@@sydhenderson6753 why are they moving it?

[@IsabelJones69]

I think Kazakhstani changed the name of their capital back to Astana. The source I used was the Guardian which published an article in September 2022 saying that Kazakhstan was to change name of capital from Nur-sultan back to Astana.

[@3108dd]

Good video, thanks.I think the Ivory Coast changed its capital in the 1980s too, from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro.

[@VirtualCityWalkingTours]

Great video as always! 9:23 - Egypt's new capital will not be New Cairo City. It will be an entirely new city known as the New Administrative Capital (at least for the time being!). New Cairo City was established over 20 years ago with a similar aim to reduce overcrowding in Cairo.

[@AacroX]

Yep, they gotta give a new name to the New Capital…

[@AIGeographyTeacher]

The geography lessons are fantastic! Thanks for the cool and educational videos! 🌍✨

[@tuca9904]

Brazil had 3 capitals. The first capital was the city of Salvador, the 4rd biggest city in the country. Then, it moved to Rio.

[@saiasrithrayaprolu1469]

4rd??

[@tuca9904]

@@saiasrithrayaprolu1469 Sp - 1 Rio - 2 Brasilia - 3 Salvador - 4 but i think fortaleza surpassed salvador

[@Mapper600]

@@tuca9904 He's trying to correct you it's not 4rd it's 4th

[@tuca9904]

@@Mapper600 ooh mb, i wrote that fast didn't realise

[@rdkbay3458]

Kazakhstan's capital Astana was called Nur-Sultan just for 3 years from 2019. And then since 2022 is called Astana back again

[@yodorob]

Argentina has tried time and again for well over a century to move the capital away from Buenos Aires. The two most serious sets of attempts were in the 1860s-1870s (when the major interior city of Rosario was proposed multiple times, only for the president to veto it all those times) and in the 1980s (when the Patagonian near-coastal city of Viedma was proposed by the then-president).

[@joaofrutuoso7957]

Also Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) changed capital city from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro.

[@craigrohn9938]

Moving the capital of South Korea from Seoul to Sejong, a new city built from almost scratch, was the brainchild of the government in power some years ago to relive Seoul's legendary congestion. Well, a lot was built down there and several ministries actually were moved down there, but the employees who were relocated did not move their families for the most part. Living in Seoul is what all Koreans aspire to, it has all of the nightlife, all of the best schools, all of the top universities, in short, EVERYTHING. Relocating to the provinces is considered a huge step down in the ultra-competitive society that is the modern Republic of Korea. So, while employees' jobs were moved there, the employees themselves, who went there to work kicking and screaming, either commuted each day from their Seoul homes, which can take a few hours each way, or they rent tiny apartments for themselves in Sejong while the families stayed in Seoul, and the traffic northbound on Friday night and the traffic southbound on Sunday night or (more commonly) early Monday morning is indescribable. As soon as the opposition party took power the move was abandoned/greatly decelerated, but those ministries which did relocate, at least in part, stayed.

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

The USA moved it's capital from Philadephia to Washington D.C. China moved it's capital from Nanjing to Beijing and Japan moved it's capital from Kyoto to Tokyo.

[@francishong7948]

The case for China is somewhat of a misconception. It’ a complete change of regime rather than “moving the capital”. Beijing has been the capital from the Yuan Dynasty (then named Dadu) till beiyang period of the republic of china. Then Chiang Kai-shek had success in the northern expedition and changed the capital of the KMT controlled government from Guangzhou to Nanjing, which is another historically important city. It remained the capital of the ROC up until recently when they officially changed it to Taipei. On the other hand, the CCP never really had Nanjing as their capital but rather changed it several times based on their controlling area, from Ruijin at the start to Yan’an and finally Beijing after they consolidated power. Calling all this mess a “move in capital” would be a bit weird as the two regimes coexisted for a long time throughout this mess of a period with various different capitals, and I’m not even taking the 20+ warlord capitals into account. And unlike pretty much every other example of the actual same government moving to another place, Beijing has always been the more populous and important city throughout the time, and the reason behind it is more of “it’s a more convenient place for my own government to control” instead of actual benefits. And Nanjing kinda remained Taiwan’s capital for a long time, making it more clear that it’s not an intentional change of capital like what the video is mainly about

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

@@francishong7948 The communist took over China in 1949. So China changing their capital from Nanjing to Beijing was way before that anyway.

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

@@francishong7948 The communists took over China in 1949.

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

@@francishong7948 China moving their capital from Nanjing to Beijing was way before that.

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

@@francishong7948 The CCP took over China in 1949.

[@AleronRattan]

In historical times Thailands old capital was Ayutthaya until the 18 century

[@paulkevinsomera1007]

Fun fact: Philippines capital city was moved briefly from the City of Manila to the young and newly founded Quezon City (which now a part of the Metropolitan Manila area and also the biggest and richest city) during the 1948 (under President Elpidio Quirino) until the early 60’s under President Macapagal which makes sense before since majority of the government offices are located in Quezon City even in 2024.

[@rapidthrash1964]

Future video suggestion: Least well known geographic feature of each country

[@sydhenderson6753]

The reason Australia moved their capital to Canberra was because of the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne. There are probably advantages to having a capital that is devoted to being just a capital. Ottawa and Washington are the same way.

[@joshuadala3508]

Abuja was also constructed from scratch

[@InfiniteWasp360]

Belize actually had to build an entire new city after that Hurricane from scratch that is now known as Belmopan.

[@ninaadbhat]

Another reason why Brazil changed their capital to Brasilia was because due to European powers, the eastern coastal regions were more developed than the Western provinces which were just forests. Due to low development and facilities in the central and eastern regions, they moved their capital to Brasilia in order to develop the centre and the east and also attract new investment which was part of their 'Go West' Policy

[@Jewelinthelotus]

deserves a thousand views

[@officialzulumapping]

its released early so it may take time to get 1000

[@DonPedroman]

Spain moved its capital in the 1500s to Madrid because in Toledo the Archbishop had too much power, and also King Felipe II wanted to build a very big city the Toledo coulndt become due to it already having a very defined urban structure, meanwhile, Madrid was a little town where the King had some hunting grounds, so it became the new capital and transformed into the city it is today over time.

[@planetarystargazer]

What If Australia 🇦🇺 was a Green continent

[@Feaster1026Productions]

Some examples of a country moving their capitals could be Brazil from Rio to Brazilia, Pakistan from Karachi to Islamabad, and Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja.

[@MrPictor]

Yamoussoukro became a capital in 1983. It is also the site of the largest Christian church in the world.

[@Ricericericericericericecooker]

3:35 why is benin city not in benin

[@DAMINATION_1]

The country Bénin name originated from the Bénin empire which is in Nigeria

[@ZeroDarkness-]

Another reason why Indonesia moved it's capital because there's recently founded earthquake fault near Jakarta that called baribis fault The Baribis Fault (Indonesian: Sesar Baribis) is a geological feature located in the northern part of Java. This fault, estimated to be 100 kilometers (62 miles) long, stretches from Purwakarta to Lebak Regency and is a threat to the Jakarta metropolitan area because the fault is partially located within the metropolitan area itself.

[@rahjar]

Canada moved it's capital after a fire from Montreal to Ottawa

[@maxandlily6074]

4:13 Nur-Sultan actually changed its name back to Astana on September 17, 2022

[@ТимЯсенев]

You forgot Russia that have changed a capital for a few times, from Moscow to Saint Petersburg and after returned to Moscow

[@joemcmahan3982]

Egypt is not changing it's capital at all, and not Indonesia either. They still have their remaining capital as Cairo and Jakarta.

[@sydhenderson6753]

These are future changes, unless they change their minds.

[@MGharriy]

Indonesia IS changing their capital, and it's happening this year

[@TheSpreakTod]

NOTE: Belo Horizonte isn't the third nor the fourth biggest city in brazil

[@andausgaming-yf5oo]

if i'm right, myannmar's new capital has WAYYY les buildings then the old one

[@CoffeeAddictedEric]

Yes and way less people too. It is only the 3rd largest city in the country behide the former capital Yangon and Mandalay

[@andausgaming-yf5oo]

@@CoffeeAddictedEric 3rd???? nah myannmar is empty as heck💀

[@CoffeeAddictedEric]

@@andausgaming-yf5oo Nah. There are around 1 million people living there and only bit smaller than London Metropolitan Area. Also Yangon was overcrowded for its size (nearly 6 million) so that is the part of the reason for the relocation.

[@andausgaming-yf5oo]

@@CoffeeAddictedEric oh, ok

[@alexcerny5881]

Where did Equatorial Guinea move the capital from Malabo?

[@SantaFe19484]

You forgot to mention Germany moving its capital from Bonn to Berlin.

[@perla5465]

When

[@SantaFe19484]

@@perla5465 When the Berlin Wall fell and East and West unified.

[@yodorob]

Whenever Germany has been unified - before World War II and after 1989 - Berlin has been the capital. When it was separated into West and East Germany in 1949, Bonn became the capital of West Germany and East Berlin became the (partially recognized) capital of East Germany.

[@janargallon4005]

September 2022, Nur-Sultan was renamed back to Astana.

[@jynxie17]

Montserrat is pronounced Mon-seh-rat

[@ultranarwalbsp7619]

If equatorial guinea changed the capital to oyala then the mystery of the squarest country will have to be changed

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

If Equatorial Guinea moves its capital to the mainland then Denmark will be the only country in the world having a capital placed on an island while having a continent connected major piece of land. May be they should alos move their capital to Aarhus. 🙂

[@DCL2988]

I think jakarta will be changed into nusantara

[@odaysh1893]

You forgot to name Yemen they moved their capital from Sanaa to Aden 2014.

[@miatx6818]

Where is Canberra Australia 🇦🇺

[@familygash7500]

I think that it may be somewhere in Australia, although I'm not 100% sure.

[@fubytv731]

@@familygash7500 Yes, it's probably in Australia or maybe New Zealand.

[@Iamtheliquor]

My guess is that it’s in Brazil🤦‍♂️

[@ghitsatsybuliak]

It's time to make a video about tip poorest countries in the world

[@piotrusmail4]

Plymouth was destroyed in 1997.

[@Supersaturn11]

Cool

[@joshuadala3508]

Belize got destroyed by hurricane hattie

[@UK-Government]

Kazakhstan has renamed the capital back to Astana

[@perla5465]

🇧🇮 🇲🇲

[@dawudwasim6277]

It is now called Astana again

[@EpicSpud]

if this is top comment then i will eat 100 forks

[@officialzulumapping]

aight gl eating 100 forks

[@killio7566]

Ight but you gotta record it fam

[@mikesands4681]

Provide the video

[@uriahlegutki2257]

Unoriginal ahh ☠️

[@Top1__Ukraine]

RIP

[@oluwoletolulope3767]

I saved epicspud

[@Davidooo756]

Sweden ---> Gothenburg

[@officialzulumapping]

31 mins

[@hgprthe27man]

First 🔥

[@Supersaturn11]

Second

[@ElPrimoishere-w2q]

stop kids saying first

[@dexthomas7936]

People who drink lava 👇

[@philjinxie4897]

17 mins ago

[@kieronparr3403]

Some of your pronunciation is terrible