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Just because the parliament is located in Den Haag doesn't make it the capital city.
OK, then what is the point of this conversation? If we aren't talking about govt. functions, then how is any of this discussion relevent?
We are talking about Washington, DC, not ceremonial functions. DC is important because it's the federal center of the most powerful/important economy on earth. It's a purely govt. center. It has nothing to do with ceremony. It isn't remotely analogous to Amsterdam's status in Netherlands.
Comparing people to cities... What's even worse is that both people don't share the same nationality.
Correct, but Queen Elizabeth is the official head of state in Canada, just like Amsterdam is the official capital of Amsterdam. Of course Queen Elizabeth does not have executive power in Canada, and Amsterdam does not have the typical federal power of a capital.
If you want to be pedantic, that's the argument you're making.
Quito/Guayaquil was the only 50/50 for me, I know Guayaquil isn't that famous worldwide but most people haven't heard of Quito either.
Never met anyone that went to Zagreb but i have met hundreds that went to Split.
Medellin is slighly more famous than Bogota outside politics thanks to Pablo Escobar (most famous Colombian ever)
Without Shanghai most of China would still be stuck in the 80's.
Mumbai is more famous than Delhi, Bollywood plays a big part in that.
Really? Is it that popular a vacation spot? Even then, i would safely say that Zagreb is more known due to people knowing it for being Croatia's capital. Aside from that, i think Dubrovnik is also more known than Split at least here in Italy. After that, it's a toss up between Rijeka (historical reasons) and Split.
Most Italians don't know who Escobar was, doubt it would be different in the Netherlands.
As for India, i forgot Mumbai but it's fairly close although i would give the edge to it. That China would be stuck in the 80s without Shanghai matters very little, the subject is the more well known city, not the one you like the most and Beijing has the most well known landmarks outside of the two
But Berlin isn't the largest or richest or most important city in Germany. And Amsterdam isn't the capital, at least not per this discussion.
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Amsterdam (/ˈæmstərdæm, ˌæmstərˈdæm/;[9][10] Dutch: [ɑmstərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Nope. The Ruhrgebiet, and Frankfurt are larger metros. The Ruhr is, by far, the largest German population center.
Berlin is the third largest German metro, slightly larger than Munich and Stuttgart. And Berlin has only the sixth largest German urban economy.
You are really bending reality here. Now you're telling a native of the Netherlands that you are right and he is wrong regarding his own country??? Just stop. You're making it worse for yourself.
Correct, but Queen Elizabeth is the official head of state in Canada, just like Amsterdam is the official capital of Amsterdam. Of course Queen Elizabeth does not have executive power in Canada, and Amsterdam does not have the typical federal power of a capital.
If you want to be pedantic, that's the argument you're making.
That's because The Netherlands is not a federation.
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