Las capitales federales del continente americano. Centralidad y status político

Abstract

This article analyzes the federal capital cities of the Americas on the basis, first, of the policy relevance that have this type of cities, since they are the product of the historical circumstances what through States and territories, and reflect both the past and the present, in political, economic and cultural terms. Secondly, the article focuses on the Americas States, since in such States is complex to maintain the territorial balance, both at the political level and in the economic and cultural also, and capitals cities reflect these difficulties. We propose to analyze the American federal capital cities a classification which includes three levels, briefly describing each of them and compare them.