Maseru

City · 1869 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Lesotho (1967–today).

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Bujumbura (1871 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (1963–2019).
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Vladivostok (1860 CE): Capital of Provisional Priamurye Government (1922–1922).

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Great Trek (c. 1835–1846 CE): Thousands of Dutch-speaking settlers (Voortrekkers) left the British-ruled Cape Colony for the interior, founding republics in Natal, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal and clashing with the Ndebele and Zulu.
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