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Definition of capital territory in English: capital territorynoun (in Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan, etc.) the territory containing the capital city of the country. Example sentencesExamples - After the site was chosen for the capital territory in 1909, an international competition to plan the city was won by a Georgist, Walter Burley Griffin of Chicago, for whom Canberra's central lake is named.
- With more than 20 million votes counted in 21 of Nigeria's 36 states and the federal capital territory, Obasanjo had 66% of the votes compared with 27% for Muhammadu Buhari, a former ally.
- Teachers have now been fighting for 18 months to get the capital territory's Labor government to agree to their demand for pay equality.
- Each of the thirty-six states of the federation is represented equally in the Senate by three elected senators; the federal capital territory of Abuja has one elected senator.
- The country's administration is divided into the capital territory (the seat of government), the adjoining Kombo Saint Mary area, and the provinces.
Definition of capital territory in US English: capital territorynoun A territory containing the capital city of a country, in Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and elsewhere. Example sentencesExamples - The country's administration is divided into the capital territory (the seat of government), the adjoining Kombo Saint Mary area, and the provinces.
- Each of the thirty-six states of the federation is represented equally in the Senate by three elected senators; the federal capital territory of Abuja has one elected senator.
- With more than 20 million votes counted in 21 of Nigeria's 36 states and the federal capital territory, Obasanjo had 66% of the votes compared with 27% for Muhammadu Buhari, a former ally.
- After the site was chosen for the capital territory in 1909, an international competition to plan the city was won by a Georgist, Walter Burley Griffin of Chicago, for whom Canberra's central lake is named.
- Teachers have now been fighting for 18 months to get the capital territory's Labor government to agree to their demand for pay equality.
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