A World Tour
Capitals of Countries
A capital is the city where a country's leaders work. Some capitals are tiny, and some have funny names. One even has a canal that turns into a skating path!
Did you know?
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. It is so small that the whole country is also its capital!
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, means 'muddy confluence'. A confluence is a place where two rivers meet.
In cold winters, a canal in Ottawa, Canada's capital, freezes over. It can become a 7.8-km path for ice skating!
Try this: Capital Hunt
Take a map of India. Find your state. Look for a star or a big dot inside it. That marks your state's capital! Now find the capitals of three nearby states. Which one is closest to your home? If you live in Telangana, your capital is Hyderabad!
Go further: How New Delhi Became Our Capital
Long ago, Kolkata, then called Calcutta, was the capital of British India. In 1911, King George V announced that the capital would move to Delhi. So a brand-new city, New Delhi, was built. Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker designed many of its big buildings. New Delhi became the capital in 1931. After independence, it stayed India's capital.