Status
The
entire
urban area may be classed as a "city" using a geographical
definition, but technically it is not so. Officially,
is a region containing two smaller cities within its built-up area: the City of
(see City status in the
Unlike
most capital cities,
capital of the
has never been granted or confirmed officially — by statute or in written form.
Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention,
making its position as de facto capital a part of the
constitution.
