When I was young, I assumed the biggest city was always the capital of a state/province/country until I learnt that the capital of my country wasn't the biggest city.
Intrigued, I did some research and found out that the biggest city was the original capital but moved to the centre of the country when there was threats from the southern provinces demanding succession.
From my understanding the capital of Canada was moved to Ottawa due to the original capital being quite close to the US border. I think this occurred after the War of 1812.
I'm not American yet I know all the US State capitals. Is this Normal
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That is interesting.
When I was young, I assumed the biggest city was always the capital of a state/province/country until I learnt that the capital of my country wasn't the biggest city.
Intrigued, I did some research and found out that the biggest city was the original capital but moved to the centre of the country when there was threats from the southern provinces demanding succession.
From my understanding the capital of Canada was moved to Ottawa due to the original capital being quite close to the US border. I think this occurred after the War of 1812.
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Yeah, but at least Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario.