Godthaab was the former name of which capital city?
"Godthaab Church, Copenhagen Godthaab Church is a Church of Denmark parish church situated on Nyelandsvej in the northern part of the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Godthaab Parish takes its name from Godthaabsvej, the principal artery of the area. Godthaab Church traces its history back to 1866 when the charitable foundation Det Classenske Fideicommis acquired a 3 hectares piece of land at the site from the Sindshvile estate. This was done to build residences for indigent workers in the city after the 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak had highlighted the dismal living conditions for this part of the population. From 1866"
"also been connected with the third-century ""Acts of Thomas"". Gondophares I took over the Kabul valley and the Punjab and Sindh region area from the Scythian king Azes. In reality, a number of vassal rulers seem to have switched allegiance from the Indo-Scythians to Gondophares I. His empire was vast, but was only a loose framework, which fragmented soon after his death. His capital was the Gandharan city of Taxila. Taxila is located in Punjab to the west of the present Islamabad. Ernst Herzfeld claims his name is perpetuated in the name of the Afghan city Kandahar, which he founded"
"Kandahar Kandahār () or Qandahār (; ; known in older literature as Candahar) is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 557,118. Formerly called Alexandria Arachosia, the city is named after Alexander the Great, who founded it in 329 BC around an ancient Arachosian town. Kandahar is located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is the capital of Kandahar Province, and also the center of the larger cultural region called Loy Kandahar. In 1709, Mirwais Hotak made the region an independent kingdom and turned Kandahar into the"
"Bacatá Bacatá is the name given to the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation on the Bogotá savanna. It mostly refers to an area, rather than an individual village, although the name is also found in texts referring to the modern settlement of Funza, in the centre of the savanna. Bacatá, alternatively written as Muequetá or Muyquytá, was the main seat of the ""zipa"", the ruler of the Bogotá savanna and adjacent areas. The name of the Colombian capital, Bogotá, is derived from Bacatá, but founded as Santafe de Bogotá in the western foothills of the Eastern Hills in a"
"Hinduism flourished later, leaving a major mark in the region. Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom from the Vedic period and its capital city located between the Hindukush and Sulaiman Mountains (mountains of Solomon), although Kandahar in modern times and the ancient Gandhara are not geographically identical. Early inhabitants, around 3000 BCE were likely to have been connected through culture and trade to neighboring civilizations like Jiroft and Tappeh Sialk and the Indus Valley Civilization. Urban civilization may have begun as early as 3000 BCE and it is possible that the early city of Mundigak (near Kandahar) was"
"""Ilahabad"" mentioned on coins minted in the city since Akbar's rule, the latter name became predominant after the emperor's death. It has also been thought to not have been named after Allah but ""ilaha"" (the gods). Shaligram Shrivastv claimed in ""Prayag Pradip"" that the name was deliberately given by Akbar to be construed as both Hindu (""ilaha"") and Muslim (""Allah""). In 1580, Akbar reorganized his empire into 12 divisions, per ""Ain-i-Akbari"", ""to each of which he gave the name ""Subah"" and distinguished them by the appelation of the tract of country or its capital city."" He combined the provinces of"
"Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Antep (; (عين تاب) in Ottoman Turkish; ""‘Aīntāb"" (عينتاب) in Arabic), is a city in the western part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, some east of Adana and north of Aleppo, Syria. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil. It is the sixth-most populous city in Turkey and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Gaziantep was formerly called ""Antep"" or ""Aīntāb"" (عين تاب) in Ottoman Turkish, ""‘Aīntāb"" (عينتاب) in Arabic. There are several theories for the origin of the name: The Crusaders called"
"Loy Kandahar Lōy Kandahār (, lit. ""Greater Kandahar"") is a historical and cultural region of Afghanistan, comprising the modern Afghanistan provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Urozgan, and Zabul, as well as parts of Nimruz, and the Pashtun majority northern part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan (the latter known as ""South Pashtunkhwa""). In 1709, Mirwais Hotak made the region an independent kingdom and turned Kandahar city into the capital of the Hotak dynasty. In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani dynasty, made Kandahar the capital of the Afghan Empire. Loy Kandahar is vaguely defined by a common culture and history"
"Alexandria Prophthasia Alexandria Prophthasia () also known as Alexandria in Drangiana was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great.<br> The town was founded by Alexander the Great during an intermediate stop between Herat, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and Kandahar. and is mentioned by Strabo, Pliny, Ammianus Marcellinus, Isidore of Charax and Pseudo-Plutarch Alexander the Great, arrived in Drangiana in November 330BC on his way to Kandahar, and found a well-organized province of the Achaemenid empire. Alexander appointed a new satrap, Arsames, and renamed the capital city as Prophthasia, (""Anticipation""), because Alexander had"
"word ""Jid"" translates to 'coast'. As such, the term 'Jid Hafs' is understood to translate to the ""Coast of Hafs"". Jidhafs Jidhafs (; transliterated: Jid Ḥafṣ) is a city in Bahrain. It was a municipality of Bahrain in the northern part of the country. Its territory is now in the Capital and Northern Governorate. It is about 3 km west of the capital Manama. It is neighbored by the villages of Al Daih and Sanabis to the north, Al Musala and Tashan to the south, Jibilat Habshi and Muqsha to the west. The city's population is about 11,000. The Bahraini"
"Bogotá Bogotá (, , ; ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé/Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often erroneously thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by Spanish conquistador"
"in the Acts of Thomas as ""Gondophares"" (21 – c. AD 47), i.e., Gudapharasa (from which ""Caspar"" might derive as corruption of ""Gaspar""). This Gondophares declared independence from the Arsacids to become the first Indo-Parthian king, and he was allegedly visited by Thomas the Apostle. According to Ernst Herzfeld, his name is perpetuated in the name of the Afghan city Kandahar, which he is said to have founded under the name Gundopharron. In contrast, many Syrian Christians name the Magi ""Larvandad"", ""Gushnasaph"", and ""Hormisdas"". These names have a far greater likelihood of being originally Persian, though that does not guarantee"
"Miqdadiyah Miqdadiyah () (also transliterated Al-Miqdadiyah, Miqdadia, Muqdadiyah). Shareban (شهربان). Al- Muqdadiyah is a city in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located about 80 km northeast of Baghdad and 30 km northeast of Baquba, the capital of Diyala. It has a population of about 298,000 inhabitants. The alternative name of the town is Shareban, mentioned as such in the works of the classical writers such as Ptolemy and Strabo. Sharaban (from Shahraban, from old Iranian, Shatrapan) transforms into satrap in Greek and means a governor or a governorate. This name is still used locally As of late,"
"bread to Gideon and his 300 men when they were in pursuit of the Midianites (Judg. 8:1-21). On his return, Gideon tore down the tower there and killed all the men of the city. When the Northern Kingdom of Israel broke away from the United Monarchy c. 930 BCE, Jeroboam, its first king, established his capital in Shechem. A short time later, he left Shechem and fortified Penuel, declaring it as his new capital (I Kings 12:25). He and his son, Nadab, ruled there, until Baasha seized the throne in 909 BCE and moved the capital to Tirzah (I Kings"
"Gangu, who chose Gulbarga (Hasanabad) to be the capital. When the Bahamani dynasty came to an end in 1527, the kingdom broke up into five independent Sultanates, Bijapur, Bidar, Berar, Ahmednager, and Golconda. The present Gulbarga/Gulbarga district came partly under Bidar and partly under Bijapur. The last of these sultanates, Golconda, finally fell to Aurangzeb in 1687. With the conquest of the Deccan by Aurangezeb in the 17th century, Gulbarga passed under the Mughal Empire. In the early part of the 18th century, with the decline of the Mughal Empire, Asaf Jha, one of Aurangzeb's generals, formed the Hyderabad State,"
"Madaba Madaba (; Biblical Hebrew: ""Medvah"") is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located south-west of the capital Amman. Madaba dates from the Middle Bronze Age. The town of Madaba was once a Moabite border city, mentioned in the Bible in Numbers 21:30 and Joshua 13:9. During its rule by the Roman and Byzantine empires from the 2nd to the 7th centuries, the city formed part of the Provincia"
"in which we dwell is called in the sacred tongue, ""Sepharad"", but in the language of the Arabs, the indwellers of the lands, ""Alandalus"" [Andalusia], the name of the capital of the kingdom, Córdoba.” According to Rabbi David Kimchi (1160–1235), in his commentary on Obadiah 1:20, Ṣarfat and Sepharad, both, refer to the Jewish captivity (Heb. ""galut"") expelled during the war with Titus and who went as far as the countries ""Alemania"" (Germany), ""Escalona"", France and Spain. The names Ṣarfat and Sepharad are explicitly mentioned by him as being France and Spain, respectively. Some scholars think that, in the case"
"Godinlabe Godinlabe (, is a town in Galgaduud region of Galmudug State of Somalia. It's 558 km from the capital city of Somalia, Mogadishu and 48 km from the capital of Galgaduud region, Dhusamareb Godinlabe has a population around 50,000 inhabitants. The city is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Habar Gidir well-represented. Godinlabe has a hot arid climate. The weather is generally hot, sunny and dry. As other Somali regions, it has two rainy seasons and two dry seasons, each of three months. Godinlabe has a really good economy, one of the best in"
"Spanish soldiers defeated the Panche who posed powerful resistance thanks to their knowledge of the rugged terrain. The official foundation of Santafe de Bogotá, named after Bacatá, on August 6, 1538 by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and his troops, terminated the period of Bacatá as ""capital"" of the southern Muisca. The city was founded in the present-day centre of the Colombian city as capital of the New Kingdom of Granada. Sagipa, dethroned as ruler of Bacatá, received continuous threats from the Spanish after the victory, to hand over the valuable treasures of the Muisca; golden objects, cotton mantles and emeralds."
"saw a female goose standing on the back of a male goose on an island in a huge lake. Believing this was an auspicious omen, the princes built a city called Hanthawady (Pali: Hamsavati) on the edge of the lake. The earliest mention of this city in history is by the Arab geographer Ibn Khudadhbin around 850 AD. At the time, the Mon capital had shifted to Thanton. The Bamar from Bagan ruled the area in 1056. After the collapse of Bagan to the Mongols in 1287, the Mon regained their independence. From 1369–1539, Hanthawady was the capital of the"
"repeatedly besieged by Mayadunne and the later kings of Sitawaka, forcing them to seek reinforcement from their major base in Goa, India. Following the fall of the kingdom in 1593, the Portuguese were able to establish complete control over the coastal area, with Colombo as their capital. This part of Colombo is still known as Fort and houses the presidential palace and the majority of Colombo's five star hotels. The area immediately outside Fort is known as Pettah (Sinhala පිට කොටුව ""piṭa koṭuva"", ""outer fort"") and is a commercial hub. In 1638 the Dutch signed a treaty with King Rajasinha"
"Mottama Mottama (, ; , ; formerly Martaban) is a small town in the Thaton district of Mon State, Myanmar. Located on the west bank of the Thanlwin river (Salween), on the opposite side of Mawlamyaing, Mottama was the capital of the Martaban Kingdom (later known as Hanthawaddy Kingdom) from 1287 to 1364, and an entrepôt of international repute until the mid-16th century. Mottama was the terminus of the road and the railroad from Yangon, where the Thanlwin empties into the Gulf of Martaban in the Andaman Sea. Today Mawlamyaing Bridge has laid down a link from Mottama to Mawlamyaing"
"the Marib-Ra's Isa oil pipeline (), with a capacity of per day. Ma'rib has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: ""BWh""). Ma'rib Marib () is the capital city of Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ""Sabaʾ"" (), which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame. It is located approximately east of Yemen's modern capital, Sana'a, and is in the region of the Sarawat Mountains. It has a current population of 16,794. In 2011, Ma'rib has been referred to as ""the Al Qaeda capital of Yemen"". The Sabaean kingdom was"
"of the province of Awadh, which is also believed to be a variant of the name ""Ayodhya."" During the British Raj the city was known as Ajodhya or Ajodhia and was part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. It was also the seat of a small 'talukdari' state. After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707 CE, the central Muslim rule weakened, and Awadh became virtually independent, with Ayodhya as its capital. However, the rulers became increasingly dependent on the local Hindu nobles, and control over the temples and pilgrimage centres was relaxed. Saadat Ali Khan, Nawab of Awadh,"
"establishment or a cantonment. The city was known as Bidanasi Katak (meaning Bidanasi Military Base) during the days when Barabati Fort was in existence. Bidanasi is now one of the localities of the city. In the ancient time, capitals were often called as Cuttack like Bidanasi Cuttack, Ayodhya Cuttack, Mathura Cuttack, Varanasi Cuttack, etc. Being the Capital it has been simply called as Cuttack instead of Bidanasi Cuttack. Established in 989 CE, by Maharaja Markata Keshari, Cuttack was the seat of government in Odisha for close to a thousand years before its burgeoning size forced the creation of a new"
"Jendouba Jendouba (Jendouba) ( '; from Amazigh Jen: Market, Douba: Wheat) Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in north-western Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabarka, Ain Draham and Béja. The main economic activity is agriculture. It is close to the famous ancient Roman city of Bullaregia or Bulla Regia, as well as the ancient marble quarry of Chemtou. Historically, this region was important and wealthy. During the Roman Empire the town was called Libertina and"
"programmes exist: Bogotá Bogotá (, , ; ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé/Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often erroneously thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by"
"municipality of Funza. That, in turn, was known as Bacatá and was the main settlement of the southern Muisca Confederation. Within the ""zipazgo"" was Teivzaquillo, Thibzaquivo, Teusacá or Tipizaquillo, the place of rest of the ""zipa""; the leader of the Muisca in Bacatá. Teusacá in Muysccubun means ""borrowed enclosure"". Located in the foothills of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, the Bogotá savanna was discovered by conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. It was conquered by the Spanish who founded the town of Santafé de Bogotá on August 6, 1538, located in present-day La Candelaria. as the capital of the"
"and Delhi became Shahjahanbad in 1648. Kashmir was carved out of Kabul, Thatta (Sindh) out of Multan and Bidar out of Ahmadnagar. For some time Qandahar was a separate subah under the Mughal Empire but it was lost to Persia in 1648. Aurangzeb added Bijapur (1686), Sira (1687) and Golkonda (1687) as new subahs. There were 22 subahs during his reign. These were Kabul, Kashmir, Lahore, Multan, Delhi, Agra, Avadh, Illahabad, Bihar, Bangalah, Orissa, Malwa, Ajmer, Gujarat, Berar, Khandesh, Aurangabad, Bidar, Thatta, Bijapur, Sira and Haidarabad (Golkonda). During the reign of Bahadur Shah, Arcot became a Mughal subah in 1710."
"and other city in the south Ye. ""Mottama"" derives from the Mon language term ""Mumaw"" (; ), which means ""rocky spur."" In the 13th century, Mottama was a southern provincial capital in the Pagan Kingdom. After Pagan's collapse in 1287, King Wareru founded the Martaban Kingdom based out of Mottama. The city was the capital of a Mon-speaking kingdom from 1287 to 1364. Nominally it was a vassal state of the Thai Sukhothai Kingdom until 1314. From 1369 onwards, the Hanthawaddy kings ruled the kingdom from Bago (Pegu). From 1364 to 1388, Mottama was under the de facto independent rule"
"north, and with Moab, Ammon and Aram Damascus in the east for control of Gilead; the Mesha Stele (c. 830), left by a king of Moab, celebrates his success in throwing off the oppression of the ""House of Omri"" (i.e., Israel). It bears what is generally thought to be the earliest extra-biblical reference to the name ""Yahweh"". A century later Israel came into increasing conflict with the expanding Neo-Assyrian Empire, which first split its territory into several smaller units and then destroyed its capital, Samaria (722). Both the biblical and Assyrian sources speak of a massive deportation of people from"
"moved the capital to fortified city of Mualpi of present Tonzang township of Chin State. Gokhothang Gokhothang, Raja (c. 1821–1872) was a powerful prince from the noble Guite family of the so-called Zomi, also known as Chins in Myanmar (Burma) and Paite in India. He was known as the then leader of all Zo people as Carey and Tuck also noted him as the Yo (correct Zo people) Chief of Mwelpi (correct Mualpi). According to his documentary video presentation released in 2006, he was born in Tedim-Lamzang of present Chin State (Myanmar-Burma), one of the then political centers of the"
"Pitakataik Pitakataik (; also spelt bidagat taik and pitaka taik) refers to a library of Buddhist scriptures, including the Tipiṭaka, found in pre-colonial Burmese kingdoms. According to an extant British account in 1795, the Pitakataik at Amarapura was described as the largest library between the Danube and China. In founding the royal capital, the pitakataik was one of the seven integral structures whose foundations had to be laid, demonstrating its importance. The Pitakataik was one of 8 structures ceremonially established by King Mindon Min in the founding of Mandalay as a royal capital. In October 2013, the Sitagu Sayadaw announced"