Capital District

A capital district ( capital area , capital territory) is a special administrative unit that contains the capital of a state.

Reasons for establishing a capital district can be:

The capital has a special function and this should be emphasized by delimiting it from the other regions.
No part of the country should have an advantage or disadvantage (in terms of competition and / or funding) just because the capital is located on its territory.
The capital should have a neutral political relationship with all other regions.
No part of the country should be given the opportunity to intervene directly in state policy.
Conflicts of competence are rigorously excluded. For example, it is excluded from the outset that regional authorities (e.g. building police ) receive sovereignty over institutions of the entire state (e.g. blocking of the parliament building before an important meeting).

A capital district, which forms a federal area in a federal state, is often referred to as a federal district.

Federal districts in federal states

Capital cities that form or belong to regular administrative units of the highest level are not capital districts:

Capital cities that are independent member states or similar in federal states are also not capital or federal districts . form, such as B .:

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