former capital city

A former capital city is an urban center that once served as the official seat of government and administrative authority for a country or region but no longer holds that status.

Observed surface forms (6)

• former colonial capital ×2
• imperial city ×2
• former imperial capital ×1
• former provincial capital ×1
• former royal capital ×1
• former territorial capital ×1

Instances (17)

• Fez via concept surface "imperial city"
• Tenochtitlan
• Shuri via concept surface "former royal capital"
• Cordoba (historical)
  surface form: Córdoba (historical)
• Edenton via concept surface "former colonial capital"
• Batavia
• Mauritsstad via concept surface "former colonial capital"
• Meknes via concept surface "imperial city"
• Rabaul via concept surface "former provincial capital"
• Newark
• Dahanapura
• Daha
• Santa Isabel
• Foix
• Shahjahanabad via concept surface "former imperial capital"
• Watugaluh
• St. Stephens via concept surface "former territorial capital"