Why there are a lot of countries with capitals in the northeastern part? (relocate, metropolitan area)
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I just found this. The Northeast is usually the most prestigious part of the nation due to the capital being located there.
Examples of countries with capitals in the northeast:
United States (Washington)
China (Beijing) Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Ireland (Dublin)
Germany (Berlin)
South Africa (Pretoria)
Can you give me more countries that have their capitals in the northeast?
It's kind of funny, because I read the title and started thinking of countries with such characteristic, and Argentina was the first one I excluded. I guess it's a bit stretched to say Buenos Aires is in the Northeast, and it's not the only case among the quoted cities.
In case of Buenos Aires, there is more national land north of the city than the opposite. It's never refered to as part of the Northeast, but part of the Centre or Centre-East. This is the most 'prestigious' (wealthiest / populated / developed) region of the country, whereas the true Northeast is among the poorest areas of the country.
I don't know about Northeastern but realized long time ago that many of the developed countries have large metropolitan areas in eastern portion of the country.
United States (BosWash/Northeast Corridor)
Japan (Tokyo/Kanto)
United Kingdom (London)
Ireland (Dublin)
Norway (Oslo)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Denmark (Copenhagen)
Germany (Berlin)
Canada (Toronto, Montreal)
Australia (Sydney, Melbourne)
The reason why the US refused to relocate their capital to the center is because of historical reasons as well as due to the fact that the Northeast was settled first and currently has the highest population density out of the 4 regions.
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