What is Capital city?
{{see also|List of national capitals}} [[File:Capitales con y sin mar.PNG|thumb|300px|{{legend|#1E90FF|Countries whose capital is on the coast}} {{legend|#B22222|Countries whose capital is not on the coast}} {{legend|#8B0000|[[Landlocked country|Countries without a coast]]}}]] [[File:Countries with multiple capitals map.PNG|thumb|300px| {{legend|#FF0000|Countries that currently have multiple capital cities}} {{legend|#D78991|Countries that had multiple capital cities, but now only have one capital city}}]] [[File:City of London, seen from Tower Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The capital of [[United Kingdom]], [[London]]]]A '''capital city''', or '''capital town''' or '''capital''', is a [[city]] or [[town]], specified by [[law]] or [[constitution]], by the [[government]] of a [[country]], or part of a country, such as a [[state]], [[province]], or [[county]]. It usually serves as the location of the government's central [[meeting]] place and [[office]]s. Most of the country's [[leader]]s, [[embassy]] and [[official]]s work in the capital city. This does not have to be the case though: [[Monaco]], [[Nauru]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Vatican City]] are examples of countries that do not have a capital city. == Size == Capitals are usually among the largest cities in their regions and often are the biggest. For example, [[Montevideo]] is [[Uruguay]]'s capital and its biggest city. The capital may also be the most important center of [[commerce]], as in [[London]] or [[Bangkok]]. However, a capital is not always the largest city in a country. For example, the capital of [[India]] is [[New Delhi]], which is smaller than [[Mumbai]]. In countries with subdivisions like the [[United States]], the capitals of the federated states are often not the biggest cities. For example, [[New York City]] is the biggest city in the [[United States]] and in [[New York State]], but is not the capital of either. The capital of the country is [[Washington, DC]], and the capital of the state is [[Albany, New York|Albany]]. There is an un