The capital of Bechuanaland was Mafeking outside of that colony and inside
S.Africa. When it became independent as Botswana, they had to rapidly
construct a capital, hence Gaberone, which is quite small and new.
The governor of Pitcairn Island is the British HC to NZ, located in
Wellington, thousands of miles away across the sea. An impending court case
over rape on the island has to be dealt with through him, and the Kent
Police in the UK, who are responsible for policing the 44 people left on
Pitcairn. In some sneses then, the 'capital' or administrative seat of
Pitcairn is Wellington, not the settlement of Adamstown on the island
itself.
Do other governors of permanently populated British territories live so far
away? BIOT?
B
>From: Peter Smaardijk <peter.smaardijk@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] south pole
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:01:08 +0100
>
>On the subjects of entities having their capital outside of the territory:
>
>Chandigarh in India is a union territory, but also (or really: for reason
>of being) the capital of
>both Punjab and Haryana states.
>
>Peter S.
>
>michael donner wrote:
>
> > of course it wouldnt matter if they really did move their capital to
>antarctica
> >
> > legally they just wouldnt have it in their country any more
> >
> > the worlds first government in voluntary exile
> >
> > & antarctic everyones land might be glad to host it & ultimately catch
>on
> > as a global offshore haven for all governments
> >
> > political follies as usual but just on ice now
> >
> > hmm
> > sounds like a great idea come to think of it
> > & one whose time has nearly come
> > for i see the new jersey state house is already practically in
>pennsylvania
> > & the usa did shoot one senator into orbit some months ago
> >
> > so you may consider the handwriting to be already on the wall
> >
> > m
> >
> > >
> > >At one point Argentina moved int's capital to Antarctica to shore up
>its
> > >claim. Symbolic only. I don't think the MPs wanted to leave their cozy
> > >B.Aries offices!
> > >B
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: David Mark <dmark@...>
> > >>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > >>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > >>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] south pole
> > >>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:39:23 -0500 (EST)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Chile includes part of Antarctica according to Chile:
> > >>
> > >><http://www.meteochile.cl/pronostico.html>
> > >>http://www.meteochile.cl/pronostico.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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