Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Capitals of higher level are not capitals of lower level
Date: Oct 03, 2001 @ 09:41
Author: Asher Samuels (Asher Samuels <asher972@...>)
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> The title of this mail is probably not very clear toOttawa is the capital of Canada, but the capital of
> all, but what I
> mean is the following: Amsterdam is the capital of
> the Netherlands,
> but is _not_ the capital of the province it's in
> (North Holland);
> this is Haarlem.
>
> The capital of the Spanish region of Extremadura is
> Merida, but this
> town is in the province of Badajoz, of which the
> city with that name
> is the capital.
>
> Are there other examples like that?
>
> Peter S.
>
>