Capital city
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A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of government. A capital is ty
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and the most populous metropolitan area in the world
Rome, as the capital of the Roman Empire (and present-day Italy), acquired the nickname of Caput Mundi ("Capital of the world").
Beijing, as the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, has served as the country's political centre for most of the past eight centuries.
Tehran, the capital of Iran since the Qajar Empire, and the most populous city in West Asia.
Canary Islands
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The Canary Islands or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain, located about 100 kilometres off the northwest coast of Africa. The archipel
Guanche mummy of a woman (830 AD). Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
A selection of artefacts unearthed from the Lomo de los Gatos site on Gran Canaria
Reconstruction of a Guanche settlement of Tenerife
Alonso Fernández de Lugo presenting the captured native Guanche kings of Tenerife to the Catholic Monarchs