We need someplace close to the capital, sizeable, but portant.

Its location so close to the new capital ensured its commercial success.

It is surrounded by Aravalli Hills, close to the national capital.

In 1959 his family moved to Karaj, close to the capital, Tehran.

There never were this close to the capital city.

Tientsin is located in the North very close to the capital, Beijing.

A tailor from just outside Kigali, he fled with his wife and three children after the rebels pressed close to the capital.

Sithel was disturbed to hear that a settlement so close to the capital had been attacked.

"In the mountains close to the capital," he announced.

Maximilian found it unacceptable to have Republican troops operating so close to the capital without opposition.