Every country needs a capital city—or at least that’s what most people assume. Capitals are supposed to anchor national ...

These state capitals will surprise you with size and population, overlooked despite their role. Here are eight tiny, ...

When we think of a country, we often assume it has a capital city—a central hub for government, culture, and economic activity. Nauru, a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the only ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Winter 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. We don’t move state capitals around in this country very often, or at least we haven’t since the 19th ...

Countries with more than one capital are unique in how they distribute governmental responsibilities across different cities, ...