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federal capital is a political entity, often a municipality or
capital city, that enjoys status as a
seat of government in a
federal state. A federal capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government, where its location and relationship to
subnational states are fixed by law or federal
constitution. Federal capitals may or may not be considered states in themselves, and either exercise significant political autonomy from the federation or are directly ruled by the national government located within their premises, as
federal districts.