Bhutan used to have two capitals too: one for the summer (Thimbu) and
one in wintertime (Punakha). This meant that the entire royal court,
and all state civil servants had to move from one place to the other
twice a year...
I have heard they abolished this migration now.
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
> Liie Bolivia and South Africa, the Netherlands has two capitals, de
jure and
> de facto. Being so small, the dutch case is perhaps unsurprising.
The other
> two (or three for S.Africa) have the locations much further apart.
>
> In NZ until "reforms" in the mid-1980s, a borough was an urban area
of 1500
> people, and a city had 20 000. So there wasca set size. Once you
got the
> status, you nevcer lost it, so places in the South Island like
Naseby, which
> were large during the gold rushes in the 1860s and gianed borough
status,
> never lost it even though their population declined to only a
hundred or two
> by the 1980s.
> Now, cities are part of a legislated local govt system, and were
dec ied
> upon by central government in the mid1980s. There is less scope for
becoming
> a city now (and so less local autonomy: one auckland borough,
amalgamated in
> the neighbouring large city had 80% of the people want to remain
separate,
> but as the entire city had to vote on the ex-borough ceding, it
never was
> able to regain its autonomy).
> As Michael said. in his Basil Fawlty voice "Typical".
>
>
> >From: michaelstride@h...
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] capital city info for Peter
> >Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:51:48 -0000
> >
> >Well, I checked my databases for legislation that defines London,
or
> >indeed the City of Westminster as the 'Capital' and drew a blank
(Im
> >a lawyer). As I'm sure your aware we don't actually have a written
> >constitution. Arnt we the lucky ones! We do have definitions of
what
> >a city is, but not in a'legal' sense, which generally is a place
with
> >an Anglican Cathedral, but nowadays the government can confer city
> >status on conurbations of an undefined size, undefined facilities,
> >and undefined qualities.(Typical) Recently a number of cities
applied
> >and if my memory serves me, Brighton and possibly Wolverhampton
> >became cities in the eyes of the government. I do know that Luton
and
> >Milton Keynes applied and failed.
> >As for legal definitions of London as a Capital City, i'll search a
> >little more. Its interesting the Hague is not a Capital, cos I
always
> >thought it was. You live and learn. Michael
> >
>
>
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