Capital region

This article is about a national administrative division. For other uses, see Capital region (disambiguation).

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
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	ਰਿਆਸਤੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਖੇਤਰ	وفاقی دارالحکومت ہندوستان تخت دهلیز	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	Metro Manila		Kalakhang Maynila / Pambansang Punong Rehiyon	Philippines
Seoul Capital Area	수도권			South Korea
Hanoi Capital Region	Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội			Vietnam

Second-level administrative country subdivisions

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

See also

• Capital districts and territories
• Federal district