Shawar responded by burning the city before Amalric could take it and use it as a base against Cairo (the Caliph's city and de facto capital of Egypt).

The oral rounds of the competition are held annually on 8 and 9 December in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.

Upon his ascension, Muhammad III ibn Abdallah retained Marrakesh as preferred residence and de facto capital.

The mayor lives in Michel Delving, which is at this time The Shire's largest town and de facto capital.

The town of Kilinochchi was the administrative center and de facto capital of the LTTE's proposed state of Tamil Eelam.

There were even FM radio transmitters to throughput data to the other Legis planets at lightspeed; XV was the fleshpot and de facto capital of the system.

It is the executive (administrative) and de facto capital of the country.

The Northern Taiwan Region is served by Taipei, the central government's administrative headquarters and de facto capital.

Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, the proclaimed capital of the State of Palestine, although the seat of government and de facto capital is Ramallah.

The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.