世界上最北同最南的首都分別在哪裡?

世界上最北的首都: 雷克雅維克 (Reykjavík), 冰島( Iceland )首都
世界上最南的首都: 威靈頓 ( Wellington), 新西蘭 ( New Zealand) 首都

雷克雅維克（冰島語：Reykjavík）位於法克薩灣，是北歐島國冰島的首都，亦是冰島最大的港口城市。地理上非常接近北極圈，是全世界最北的首都。

雷克雅維克曾被丹麥及挪威等國家管治過，亦在其管治期間發展了本地的經濟及產業，故此，於冰島獨立成主權國家時，該城便被立為首都。現時，冰島議會大廳、政府大樓、國家博物館等設施都設立於雷克雅維克。


威靈頓（Wellington、Te Whanganui-a-Tara或Poneke）是新西蘭的首都，位於新西蘭北島南端，人口約36.3萬（2003年數據）。它是新西蘭第二大的城市。它與悉尼和墨爾本一起是大洋洲的文化中心。許多藝術家在此定居或活動，它還有許多藝術咖啡館和生動的夜生活。

To the eastern eye, used to hills and forests and people, North Dakota seems barren. But, look again, with a wider eye, to the distant horizion, the clear dome of blue sky, the prairie rolling away like a grassy ocean. Hidden in the folds of the land is one of the great waterfowl nesting areas of North America. Those rolling grasslands once supported buffalo by the millions, and you can see them in your mind's eye if you look hard enough. Montana calls itself "the big sky country"; the sky is no smaller in North Dakota. At night, it's filled with stars, and sometimes on the coldest nights you can almost hear the Northern Lights crackle as they dance in the sky. The state has a special beauty all its own.

The scattering of people across the rural parts of the state are a tough and hearty breed, few enough that the state is one of the last reserves of elbow room in an increasingly crowded country. The state's literacy rate is the highest in the country, and the crime rate the lowest. It's a place where there's still room for the spirit to expand.

Much of the NCNST in North Dakota is located on open, rolling prairie, much of it cropped or grazed. There are few trees; except in the river valleys, most of the trees along the trail route were planted by hand, to provide shelter from the bitter winter winds, firewood to drive away the cold, and shade to protect from the hot summer sun. Wherever you see a grove of trees along the NCNST in these areas, a farmhouse usually stands -- or once stood, for rural North Dakota has been steadily losing population through the second half of the century, as farms and ranches have become bigger and less labor-intensive. Even the rural towns along the route are generally small and shrinking, though some have had better luck than others.

世界上最北的首都: 雷克雅維克 (冰島)


2008-02-20 21:49:23 補充：
世界上最南的首都:威靈頓 (紐西蘭)http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/惠灵顿

2008-02-21 19:58:52 補充：
雷克雅維克（冰島語：Reykjavík）位於法克薩灣，是北歐島國冰島的首都，亦是冰島最大的港口城市。地理上非常接近北極圈，是全世界最北的首都。雷克雅維克曾被丹麥及挪威等國家管治過，亦在其管治期間發展了本地的經濟及產業，故此，於冰島獨立成主權國家時，該城便被立為首都。現時，冰島議會大廳、政府大樓、國家博物館等設施都設立於雷克雅維克。

2008-02-21 20:00:05 補充：
雖然雷克雅維克位處北極圈附近，但由於受到北大西洋暖流影響，其氣候比起莫斯科以及渥太華等同樣位處北極圈附近的城市暖和得多。雷克雅維克位處沿海，東北部有高山圍繞，年降雨量約達850毫米。1月平均氣溫約為攝氏0度，7月則為攝氏11度左右。

2008-02-21 20:00:48 補充：
威靈頓位於北島的南端，與南島隔庫克海峽相望。在晴朗的日子裡人們可以隔海峽看到南島上凱庫拉嶺的雪峰。城市北面是卡培提市的金色海岸。城市東面的里姆塔卡山將城市與盛產葡萄酒的懷拉拉帕平原隔開。威靈頓是世界最南方的首都，其緯度高達41度。由於港口和周圍山脈之間的可用地帶有限，它比新西蘭其它城市的人口密度高。由於它位於40度緯度的咆哮西風帶，以及庫克海峽對風的影響，他在當地有「多風的威靈頓」的稱號。

2008-02-21 20:01:55 補充：
http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=威靈頓&variant=zh-hk