Place: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	Locale
Australian Capital Territory	N/A			Australia	Oceania
Brussels-Capital Region	Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest		Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	Belgium	Europe
Capital Region of Denmark	Region Hovedstaden			Denmark	Europe
Capital Region of Helsinki	Huvudstadsregionen		Pääkaupunkiseutu	Finland	Europe
Capital Region	Höfuðborgarsvæðið			Iceland	Europe
National Capital Region (NCR)	राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र		ਰਿਆਸਤੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਖੇਤਰ	India	South Asia
Special Capital Region of Jakarta	Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta			Indonesia	Southeast Asia
National Capital Region	首都圏 (Shuto-ken)			Japan	East Asia
Capital Economic Zone	首都圈 (Shoudu-quan)			China	East Asia
Islamabad Capital Territory	وفاقی دارالحکومت‎		اسلام آباد	Pakistan	South Asia
National Capital Region	Kalakhang Maynila		Pambansang Punong Rehiyon	Philippines	Southeast Asia
Seoul Capital Area	수도권 (首都圈 Sudo-gwon)			South Korea	East Asia
Hanoi Capital Region	Vùng thủ đô Hà Nội			Vietnam	Southeast Asia

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	Template:Country data Québec
Chandigarh Capital Region	Chandigarh
Winnipeg Capital Region	Manitoba
Cardiff Capital Region	Wales

See also

• Capital districts and territories
• Federal district
• National Capital Region (Canada)