Planned Capital Cities
Several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, including Canberra in Australia, BrasÃlia in Brazil, Belmopan in Belize, New Delhi in India, Abuja in Nigeria, Astana in Kazakhstan, Naypyidaw in Burma, Islamabad in Pakistan and Washington, D.C., in the United States. The federal administrative centre of Malaysia, Putrajaya, is also a planned city.
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