Nuuk Nuuk Nuuk (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John's in Canada and Reykjavík in Iceland. Nuuk contains almost a third of Greenland's population and its tallest building. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2018, it had a population of 17,796. The city was founded in 1728 by the Dano-Norwegian governor Claus Paarss when he relocated Hans Egede's earlier Hope Colony () to the
Podgorica Capital City can be viewed as the metropolitan area of the city of Podgorica. Population of the municipality was 185.937 in 2011. Podgorica Capital City Podgorica Capital City (Montenegrin: "Glavni grad Podgorica" / Главни град Подгорица) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica. As with other Montenegrin municipalities, the city and the municipality of Podgorica are governed by the same mayor and city assembly, forming one political body. See politics of Podgorica. Municipality of Podgorica is the only Montenegrin municipality to have "city municipality" (Montenegrin Latin: "gradska opština") - Golubovci (until 2018