All capital cities changes through time

Capital cities are important for countries but sometimes they are changed for various reasons.
Here you can find a list of all the capital cities that changed through time.
Date of change is given as well as Continent color.
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Old capital
Date
New capital
Lagos
1991
Abuja
Dar es Salaam
1974 (ongoing)
Dodoma
Zomba
1975
Lilongwe
Saint-Louis
1958
Nouakchott
Abidjan
1983
Yamoussoukro
Bujumbura
2019
Gitega
Juba
TBD
Ramciel (planned)
Almaty
1997
Astana
Yangon
2005
Naypyidaw
Karachi
1963
Islamabad
Kolkata
1911
New Delhi
Kyoto
1869
Tokyo
Istanbul
1923
Ankara
Urga
1924
Ulaanbaatar
Gaza
1990s
Ramallah
Bonn
1990
Berlin
Saint Petersburg
1918
Moscow
Kharkiv
1934
Kyiv
Florence
1871
Rome
Kraków
1596
Warsaw
Esztergom
13th century
Budapest
Rio de Janeiro
1960
Brasília
Belize City
1970
Belmopan
Philadelphia
1800
Washington, D.C.
Kingston | Montreal | Toronto
1857
Ottawa
Concepción
16th century
Santiago
Melbourne
1913
Canberra
Levuka
1882
Suva
Auckland
1865
Wellington
Tel Aviv
1950
Jerusalem
Diriyah | Riyadh
1824 / 1932
Riyadh
Shiraz | Isfahan
1796
Tehran
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