Former Capital Cities of the World

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• 01·Kyoto served as the imperial capital of which country for over a thousand years?
• 02·Which country moved its capital from Saint Petersburg to Moscow in 1918?
• 03·Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor to which modern country?
• 04·The city of Bonn served as the de facto capital of which country from 1949 to 1990?
• 05·Rio de Janeiro was the capital of which South American country before the planned city of Brasília was inaugurated in 1960?
• 06·Which Central Asian country moved its capital from Almaty to a new city, now named Astana, in 1997?
• 07·Before Washington, D.C., several cities served as the capital of this nation, including Philadelphia and New York City.
• 08·Which Southeast Asian country's capital was Rangoon (now Yangon) before it was moved to the newly built city of Naypyidaw in 2005?
• 09·Lagos was the capital of which populous African nation until it was moved to Abuja in 1991?
• 10·Kraków was the official capital of which European country for centuries before the honor was transferred to Warsaw?