A central capital is an ideal one (at less of course it's in the desert or the arctic) but usually citizens prefer the capital to be close to the people not only in that they care about their citizens but also that they are reasonably visit-able. The following ten countries have the most centralized capitals:
Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico city was built in the same location as the capital of the Aztec empire; and that's for a good reason: Tenochtitlan was the best city for a center-capital.
Riyadh, Arabia. More than 80% of the Kingdom is desert which makes having a central capital difficult, and yet Riyadh is one of best positioned capitals, lying in-between the especially sacred cities of Mecca and Medina in the west and oil-wealthy cities by the Persian gulf in the east.
Jerusalem, Israel. King David choose an idle capital of the Kingdom of Israel back 3000 years ago and this day it remains a very central capital.
Madrid, Spain. Right on Spain--pretty much perfect.
Rome, Italy. The Romans choose the best place for a capital for sure. But it wasn't built in a day.
Brussels, Belgium. Dear Belgium, you may not be very popular but if nothing else at least you have a centralized capital--good for you.
Chisinau, Moldova. Your not number one, but at least your on the list.
Algiers, Algeria, In terms of being central geographically it fails but it is central in terms of where people actually live.
Abuja, Nigeria.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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