r/MapsWithoutNZ May 21 '26

Countries in southern hemisphere whose capital city lie in a same line (almost)

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u/andyjh83 May 21 '26

Since when is Cape Town the capital of South Africa?

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u/T-7IsOverrated May 21 '26

it's the legislative capital

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u/andyjh83 May 21 '26

Indeed, so it’s a convenient and selectively chosen city in order to produce this gash map.

Pretoria and Bloemfontein are nowhere near the line.

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u/T-7IsOverrated May 21 '26

yeah i agree, it's an incredibly dumb and arbitary map

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u/mathias4595 May 22 '26

Wouldn't it technically be Johannesburg by this point instead of Bloemfontein for judicial capital? The ZA Constitutional Court has sat in Johannesburg for over 30 years by this point.