San Jose was chosen as the capital of the new province.

New Westminster was chosen as its first official capital, however, for reasons of military security.

Knoxville was chosen as the initial capital of the state.

Kabuntalan was chosen as the capital of the new province.

Marseille has been chosen as the "European cultural capital" for 2013.

It was chosen as the capital because of the strategic advantage this would give the defenders during an attack.

The city was chosen as the capital of Islamic Syria.

Athens was chosen as the Greek capital for historical and sentimental reasons.

They chose it as their capital, bestowing the name Candia on both the city and the whole island.

He chose Jaijon as the capital of his empire.