Talk:List of purpose-built capital cities

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[edit] Ottawa

When Ottawa was chosen to be the Capital of the United Province of Canada in 1857, it was just a logging camp called Bytown not really a city at all. Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Quebec, and numerous others were all larger. Ottawa was chosen for it's neutral location. Of course since Ottawa was in the wilderness they couldn't move the capital there right away, and the Canadian government didn't move in until 1866, just in time to see the Province of Canada federate with two other British provinces Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to form the country we now call Canada in 1867. So while technically Ottawa did already exist when it became the capital of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, it clearly was a purpose-built capital. Kevlar67 02:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Still thinking it over. There was a fair-sized logging camp at a minimum there before Victoria chose the place, if I read the Ottawa article correctly. Next time I'm at the library I'll look for a good history of Ottawa and follow up further. A2Kafir 01:09, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Okay now that I've taken a better look at the article, Ottawa was incoporated two years before being chosen as capital, and was already booming in population. Kevlar67 05:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sejong, Korea?

should we add Sejong,Korea to the list?

Not sure what you mean; Sejong seems to be a Korean person, not a place. While following up, though, I found Changwon, so that's another for the list. A2Kafir 01:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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