Sentence examples for relocated capital from inspiring English sources

A relocated capital city, perhaps?

Bolivia, Myanmar, Nigeria and other countries have moved one or more branches of government out of their capital, relocated the capital itself or created more than one capital.

The Ottomans took it in the 1320s and made it their first great capital, but Timur (Tamerlane) sacked the city in 1402, and, when the Ottomans recovered their territory, they relocated their capital, first to Edirne (1413) and later to Constantinople (1458).

In 1997, Nazarbayev relocated the capital from Almaty (near the Kyrgyzstan border) to what is now Astana, and has since spent billions creating one of the world's strangest spectacles: an entirely new city, built almost from scratch over 96 square miles, in the center of the Eurasian steppe.

No one knows exactly why the Myanmar government in 2005 suddenly relocated the capital 200 miles north to Naypyidaw from Yangon.

The company provided grief counseling and quickly relocated the Capital-Gazette offices, while finding and preparing a new permanent home.

Another explanation for the relocation of the capital city may have been because Emperor Kammu wished to relocate the capital to an area with better transportation routes, and/or to escape the power of the Buddhist clergy (Hall 1993).

A bold gesture, was indicated, such as relocating the capital.

So relocating a capital city isn't new by any means.

Tensions have also erupted over water shortages that are so chronic that the government considered relocating the capital.

Which is why I am proposing that we relocate the capital of England to Tamworth in Staffordshire.