Famous for their beauty, iconic landmarks, top-notch cuisine or jaw-dropping architecture, almost all of these cities are very well known across the globe. However, many also get mistaken for the ...

A country’s capital serves many different purposes. As the seat of government, it becomes the focus of attention inside the country and abroad. Foreign embassies may be located there. Dignitaries, ...

What's the capital of Australia? If you answered Sydney, you're wrong but in good company, with travel Web site VirtualTourist.com coming up with a list of the 10 most surprising non-capital cities in ...

Lahore, the capital city of the Punjab province, is growing rapidly. Last year alone, the population increased by nearly 3%. That trajectory is expected to continue, with the population projected to ...

When planning a vacation, it can be easy to default to the capital city as the point of entry and, if you’re heading for an urban break, as the focus of the entire trip. Often it’s the capital city ...

ON JANUARY 18th Indonesia announced that its new capital city will be named Nusantara (“archipelago” in Javanese). The country’s president, Joko Widodo, dismissed 80 other options before deciding on ...