This is a list of purpose-built capitals of country subdivisions.
List City Capital of Date Notes Subdivision Country Adelaide 1836 AmaravatiAndhra Pradesh2014moved from Hyderabad Banjarbaru 2022 moved from Banjarmasin, construction of the city began in 1953 and official city status was given in 1999 Belo Horizonte 1897 moved from Ouro PretoBhararisain Uttarakhand2021serves as the summer capital, while Dehradun serves as the primary capital Chandigarh Punjab Haryana 1953 because partition of India placed Punjab's capital, Lahore, in Pakistan; Haryana created out of part of Indian Punjab in 1966 and shares capital Changwon South Gyeongsang 1983 moved from Busan Columbia 1790 moved from Charleston Columbus 1816 moved from ChillicotheDharamshalaHimachal Pradesh2017serves as the winter capital, while Shimla remains the primary capital Gandhinagar Gujarat 1960 founded upon split of Bombay State into two statesGoiânia1933moved from Goiás Velho Indianapolis 1825 moved from Corydon Jackson 1821 moved from NatchezJammu Jammu and Kashmir1947serves as the winter capital, while Srinagar serves as the primary capital Jefferson City 1826 moved from St. CharlesLa Plata1882moved from Buenos Aires Lansing 1847 moved from Detroit Lelystad 1967 the province consists almost entirely of reclaimed land Madison 1836 capital moved from Burlington, now part of Iowa, in 1837 Magas 2002 moved from Nazran Maryborough Queen's County Ireland 1556 Named for Queen Mary I and founded as part of the Plantation of Laois and Offaly, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. Today the town is known as Portlaoise and the county is County Laois. Milledgeville 1807 moved from Louisville; briefly moved to Macon in 1864, then back; moved to Atlanta in 1868 Molave Zamboanga 1948 moved from Dipolog; ceased to be the capital after the division of the province into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur in 1952Nagpur Maharashtra1960serves as the winter capital, while Mumbai serves as the primary capitalNeuquén Neuquén Province1904moved from Chos Malal Palayan 1965 moved from Cabanatuan; Cabanatuan retains the old provincial capitol and is still used by the provincial government Palmas 1990 founded as capital of the new state of Tocantins, formed in 1988 from part of the state of Goiás. Replaced the provisional capital of Miracema do NortePerth1829founded as the capital of the Swan River Colony, which, several years later, was enlarged and renamed Western Australia Philipstown King's County Ireland 1556 Named for King Philip II and founded as part of the Plantation of Laois and Offaly, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. It was replaced as the county town by Tullamore in 1883. Today Philipstown is known as Daingean and the county is County Offaly. Pierre 1889 When the Dakota Territory divided into North and South Dakota and gained statehood, South Dakota's capital moved from the prior territorial capital Bismarck, North Dakota which, by default, became state capital of North Dakota. Previous territorial capital before Bismarck was Yankton, South Dakota from 1861-1883. Raleigh 1794 Moved from New Bern Salt Lake City 1847 De facto capital of Utah prior to 1856 and de jure capital since. Sapporo 1870s from the early 1870s, moved from Hakodate Savannah 1733 Founded as capital of the new Georgia colony; remained capital until 1777 and was briefly again in 1782 and 1784-86 Shah Alam 1978 Moved from Kuala Lumpur when the latter became a Federal Territory Tallahassee 1824 From the capitals of the colonies of East Florida and West Florida Pensacola and St. Augustine Teresina 1852 moved from Oeiras Trece Martires 1954 Moved from Cavite City; still the seat of the provincial government despite the capital having transferred to Imus making Trece Martires the de facto capital of Cavite while Imus is the de jure capital of the province. Victoria 1849 Nearby Fort Victoria had existed earlier, but in 1849 the town was specifically laid out to be the capital of the new Colony of Vancouver Island; became capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1866 when united with the mainland; remained capital after British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871.Zhongxing New Village Taiwan Province1956moved from Taipei City. Not recognized by People's Republic of China, which still mark Taipei as capital (or not mark any capital) of its Taiwan Province on all its maps. It remained the capital until July 2018, when all remaining duties of the Taiwan Provincial Government were transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.
See also Lists of capitals
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