Seat of government

The seat of government is defined by Brewer's Politics as "the building, complex of buildings or city from which a government exercises its authority". The seat of government is usually located in the capital. In some countries the seat of government differs from the capital, e.g. in the Netherlands where The Hague is the seat of government and Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands. In most it is the same city, for example Ankara as the capital and seat of government of Turkey. In the United Kingdom, the seat of government is Westminster, a city within London, the capital.

See: capital city for details and list of national capitals for each country's seat of government.

Other seats of governments: County town

[edit] Notes

1. Comfort, N. (1993) Brewer's Politics. A phrase and fable dictionary. London: Cassell.