Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Capitals of higher level are not capitals of lower level
Date: Oct 03, 2001 @ 10:01
Author: wertkauf@gmx.net (<wertkauf@...>)
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Bonn was the former Capital of Germany,
but the Capital of Nordrhein-Westfahlen,
where Bonn is situated, is Düsseldorf.
bye, chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Asher Samuels" <asher972@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Capitals of higher level are not capitals of
lower level


|
| --- Peter Smaardijk <smaardijk@...> wrote:
| > The title of this mail is probably not very clear to
| > 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.
| >
| >
|
| Ottawa is the capital of Canada, but the capital of
| Ontario (the province in which it is located) is
| Toronto.
|
|
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