Capital region

A capital region, also called a national capital region, capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding a capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym.

First-level administrative country subdivisions

List of first-level administrative country subdivisions containing the terms "capital" and "region" in the English name

English name	Local name		Country
Australian Capital Territory			Australia
Brussels-Capital Region	Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	Belgium
National Capital Region		Région de la capitale nationale	Canada
Capital Region of Denmark	Region Hovedstaden		Denmark
Capital Region of Helsinki	Huvudstadsregionen	Pääkaupunkiseutu	Finland
Capital Region	Höfuðborgarsvæðið		Iceland
National Capital Region (NCR)	राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र	وفاقی دارالحکومت ہندوستان پایتخت دهلی‎	India
Special Capital Region of Jakarta	Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta		Indonesia
National Capital Region	首都圏 (Shuto-ken)		Japan
Islamabad Capital Territory	وفاقی دارالحکومت‎	اسلام آباد	Pakistan
National Capital Region	Pambansang Punong Rehiyon		Philippines
Hanoi Capital Region	Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội		Vietnam

Second-level administrative country subdivisions

Capital region name	Subnational entity
Edmonton Capital Region	Alberta
Capital Regional District	British Columbia
Capital District	New York
Capitale-Nationale	Québec
Winnipeg Capital Region	Manitoba
Cardiff Capital Region	Wales

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