| Former capital city | Country, empire | Since | Until | Change, reason
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|---|
| Melbourne/Sydney | Australia | 1901 | 1908 | alternated as capitals until Canberra became ready
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| St. George | Bermuda (Brit.) | | 1815 | moved to Hamilton
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| Salvador da Baía | Brazil (Portuguese) | | 1763 | moved to Rio de Janeiro
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| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | | 1960 | moved to Brasilia
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| Belize City | British Honduras | | 1970 | moved to Belmopan
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| Kingston | Canada | 1841 | 1843 | moved to Montreal
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| Montreal | Canada | 1843 | 1849 | moved to Toronto
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| Toronto | Canada | 1849 | 1859 | moved to Quebec City
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| Quebec City | Canada | 1859 | 1865 | moved to Ottawa
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| Chan Santa Cruz | Chan Santa Cruz | c.1852 | 1901 | became part of Mexico
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| Datong | China (Northern Wei Dynasty) | | 493 | moved to Luoyang
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| Nanjing | China (Ming Dynasty) | | 15th century | moved to Beijing by Yongle
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| Anyang | China see: Capital of China
|
| Chang'an
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| Chongqing City
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| Hangzhou
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| Hao
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| Luoyang
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| Léopoldville | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1960 | 1966 | renamed Kinshasa
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| Large-Bassam | Côte d'Ivoire | 1893 | 1900 | moved to Bingerville
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| Bingerville | Côte d'Ivoire | 1900 | 1933 | moved to Abidjan
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| Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | 1933 | 1983 | moved to Yamoussoukro
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| Ciudad Trujillo | Dominican Republic | 1930 | 1961 | renamed Santo Domingo after the death of Trujillo
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| Memphis | Egypt | | |
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| Winchester | England | 3rd century? | 9th century | moved to London
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| Lavuka | Fiji (Brit.) | | | moved to Suva
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| Bonn | Germany | 1949 | 1994 | moved to Berlin
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| Cape Coast | Gold Coast (Brit.) | | 1877 | moved to Accra
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| Nafplion | Greece | 1821 | 1836 | moved to Athens
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| Lahaina | Hawaii (Hawaiian monarchy) | | 1840 | moved to Honolulu
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| Calcutta | India (British) | | 1912 | moved to New Delhi
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| Torino | Italy, Kingdom of | 1861 | 1865 | moved to Florence
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| Florence | Italy, Kingdom of | 1865 | 1871 | moved to Rome
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| Heijo-kyo (Nara) | Japan (Nara period) | | 784 |
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| Kyoto | Japan | | 1868 | moved to Tokyo
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| Alma-Atta | Kazakhstan | 1992 | 1993 | renamed Almaty
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| Almaty (Alma-Atta) | Kazakhstan | 1993 | 1998 | moved to Astana
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| Jerusalem | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1099 | 1187 | moved to Acre (Jerusalem captured by Saladin)
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| Acre | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1187 | 1291 | Kingdom ceases to exist
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| Iaşi | Moldavia | | 1862 | unified with Wallachia to form Romania
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| Cetinje | Montenegro | | 1946 | moved to Podgorica
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| Auckland | New Zealand | | 1865 | moved to Wellington
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| Lagos | Nigeria | | 1991 | moved to Abuja
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| Bergen | Norway (medieval) | | 1299 | moved to Oslo
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| Christiana | Norway | | 1924 | renamed Oslo
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| Karachi | Pakistan | | 1967 | moved to Islamabad
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| Quezon City | Philippines | 1948 | 1976 | moved to Manila
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| Kruszwica | Poland | | 9th century | moved to Gniezno
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| Gniezno | Poland | 9th century | 10th century | moved to Poznan
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| Poznan | Poland | 10th century | 1038 | moved to Krakow
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| Krakow | Poland | 1038 | 1079 | moved to Plock
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| Plock | Poland | 1079 | 1138 | moved to Krakow
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| Krakow | Poland | 1138 | 1596 | moved to Warsaw
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| Guimarães | Portugal, Kingdom of | | 1255 |
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| Saint Petersburg | Russian empire | | 1914 | renamed Petrograd
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| Petrograd | Russia | | 1918 | moved to Moscow
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| Dariyah | Saudi state | | 1818 | moved to Riyadh
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| Tulaghi | Solomon Islands | | | moved to Honiara
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| Valladolid | Spain | 1600 | 1606 | moved to Madrid
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| Columbia, Texas | Republic of Texas | 1836 | 1837 | moved to Houston, Texas
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| Houston, Texas | Republic of Texas | 1837 | 1839 | moved to Austin, Texas
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| Austin, Texas | Republic of Texas | 1839 | 1845 | Texas annexed by United States
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| New York City | United States | 1785 | 1790 | moved to Philadelphia
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| Philadelphia | United States | 1790 | 1800 | moved to Washington, DC
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| Bursa | Ottoman empire | 1335 | 1365 | moved to Edirne
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| Edirne | Ottoman empire | 1365 | 1453 | moved to Constantinople (Istanbul)
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| Constantinople | Ottoman empire | 1453 | 1923 | country ceased to exist
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| Port-of-Spain | West Indies Federation | 1958 | 1962 | country ceased to exist
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| Târgovişte | Wallachia | | 1698 | moved to Bucharest
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| Câmpulung | Wallachia | 13th century | 15th century | moved to Târgovişte
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| Mérida | Yucatán | 1840 | 1847 | reunited with Mexico
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