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Geek Culture / Are Capital Cities all on the right of the Country?

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HowDo
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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 11:22 Edited at: 26th Apr 2011 17:19
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Now you have clicked on here, your thinking what is he on about.

Well, Are all the main Capital Cities of a Country placed on the right?

Trying to see how many might be on the left.

On the right
UK- London
Spain - Madrid
USA - Washington

Not On the left
Paris - France

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 11:48
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moscow russia is on the left
bejing china is on the right

most countries are too small for me to remember but some capitals like berlin germany for example are in the middle.

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Ah!, so some are in the middle, didn't see that when looking at the map, jumps out Now.

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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 12:01 Edited at: 24th Apr 2011 12:02
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Sofia (Bulgaria) is on the left.
Ankara (Turkey) is left to middle
Minsk (Belarus) is middle
Kiev (Ukraine) is top middle
etc etc etc


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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 12:12 Edited at: 24th Apr 2011 12:15
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i think india new dehli is somewhere in the middle, i could be wrong my geograohy sucks. Also afganistan kabul is also in the middle i think. Teheran- iran is middle. sane with baghdad iraq.

cairo egypt is on the right
Canada (i think capital of canada is quebec city or toronto) its on the right as well

california republic capital los angeles is in the left
as i said i suck at geography

but i see your point, i thought about this too at one point. I thought is Moscow the only capital thats on the left?

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Stockholm is to the right x)


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Amsterdam is to the left
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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 15:39
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Amsterdam - left
Paris - left
Lisbon - left
Rome - left
Bern - left
Valletta - left
Tirane - left
Sofia - left
Bratislava - left
Prague - left
Tallinn - left
Ankara - left
Reykjavik - left

...and we've hardly left Europe yet!

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nice one,

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Libervurto
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Posted: 24th Apr 2011 19:33
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How many are on rivers though?


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Well they're built on rivers due to the water source, so most inland countries would be


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Slovenia - Ljubljana (center)


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Capital cities tend to be determined by trade routes, rivers, population etc; they're not chosen because they're on the right of the country as the borders of countries shift due to wars, states gaining independence etc, this means that the capital could be in a different location, as far as the orentation of the country is concerned, to where it was when it was founded.

Also I would like to correct you, London is the capital of England, not the UK

... also, Edinbrugh is to the right


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Quote: "London is the capital of England, not the UK"


Incorrect, whilst the individual nations of the UK have their own capitals, (England = London, Wales = Cardiff, Scotland = Edinburgh and Northern Ireland = Belfast), London is also the capital of the whole of the UK.

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Woah, looks like a new feature from google.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=capital+of+the+uk&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=



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oh no, we don't need two Scottish inhabitants arguing about their heritage, that should be an English/Scots war!

Although I disagree with any feuds, I live in a beautiful part of England (Yorkshire) but I still love Scotland.

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No feud from my point of view, even though I'm English and living in Scotland! I was simply correcting a mistake that had been made

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paris isnt on the left of france

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Quote: "paris isnt on the left of france"


Yep I better change it, middle top sound ok.

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The capital of Australia, Canberra, is on the right.

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Quote: "Although I disagree with any feuds, I live in a beautiful part of England (Yorkshire) but I still love Scotland."


I live in Norfolk. -.-

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why would all capitals be on the right anyway? It's not as if people even had proper maps when most capitals were established. This is like seeing a guy wearing glasses and a red jumper and saying "You know something interesting? All people who wear glasses also wear red jumpers!"

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let the war begin!
only joking, I was not aware of that, personally I live in Edinburgh and I guess I have been offended by the question I've recieved more than a couple times whilst visiting relatives, "So where in England is Scotland?".


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I think it depends where you're standing.

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Quote: ""So where in England is Scotland?""


Yes, I agree, it annoys me too, when people refer to the UK as England. The Americans seem to be particularly bad for this.

It's even more annoying when people talk about England fighting in WW2. What about the sacrifices the rest of the UK made? I actually have Scottish blood (my Dad is 1/2 Scottish) and the Scottish Regiments are some of the finest in the British Army.

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Quote: "Canada (i think capital of canada is quebec city or toronto) its on the right as well"


Ottawa, yeah, it's on the right side of the country.

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Quote: "I think it depends where you're standing."

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Yeah, I was going to go with "which direction you're facing" but that just seemed too silly.

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Canberra is roughly on the right, too.

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not so loud they might be reading...

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