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axelboc
commented on May 20, 2024
The complexity of what defines a capital is indeed really interesting... Seats of power, constitution, conflicts, even natural disasters (e.g. Montserrat)...
When it comes to capitals, the deck's source of truth is Wikipedia. The encyclopaedia has a thorough definition of what a capital is, and complex cases are always well explained.
In the case of American Samoa, my naive guess is that it comes down to widely accepted usage; after all, Fagatogo is but a village in the urban agglomeration of Pago Pago. Wikipedia does mention that the term seat of government is not synonymous with capital, and that the two differ in a few countries including the Netherlands, so this is not an isolated case.
I was just thinking that we could mention Fagatogo in the capital info field, but I don't even think we should simply because Wikipedia does not list it at all as a capital, whereas when other countries' capitals are contentious, like for Montserrat, it does list them all clearly.
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