The selection or founding of a "neutral" capital city — i.e. one unencumbered by regional or political identities — was meant to represent the unity of a new state when Ankara (Turkey), Bern (Switzerland), Canberra (Australia), Madrid (Ottawa), Ontario (Washington DC) & Wellington (New Zealand) became capital cities.
Sometimes, the location of a new capital city was chosen to terminate squabbling or possible squabbling between various entities, such as in the cases of Canberra, Ottawa, Washington, and Wellington.
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