00:00But why some countries have several capitales?
00:02Let's take an example the most famous, the South Africa.
00:05This country has not only one, but three official capitales.
00:08Pretoria, the Cap, and Blomfontein.
00:11Each city has a very distinct function.
00:13Pretoria is the administrative capital,
00:15which is where the government is at.
00:16The Cap is the legislative capital,
00:19where the Parliament is at.
00:20And Blomfontein is the judicial capital,
00:22which is the Supreme Court of Appel.
00:24This division is not a hasard,
00:26it goes to the unification of the country in 1910.
00:28At the time, it was going to be contented
00:30the ancient colonies rivales,
00:32each one wanting to keep a central role.
00:34Résultat, a territorial and political compromise.
00:37And this is not unique.
00:38The Bolivian has to create for capital constitutional
00:40and the Paz for political capital.
00:43The Pays-Bas, Amsterdam is the official capital,
00:45but the government siège at the A.
00:47In this case, the multiplication of capitales
00:50often takes a lot of historical,
00:52geographical, or symbolic.
00:53Having several capitales,
00:55is sometimes a subtle way to preserve the national unity
00:57of the nationality.
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