Posted Sep 28, 2022, 3:51 PM
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Capitals don't need to be at the geographic center of a governed territory (see Canadian provinces). For states it makes way more sense to have capitals in large cities than the middle of nowhere, since it is generally easier to travel to large cities.
For states, there were two reasons for choosing a centrally located capital: the early capital site was vulnerable to attack and had to be moved, or the territory had a fairly distributed population.
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