Which capital city's name makes no apparent sense, since one has to travel up to reach it?

Watchkeeper

The Valley, capital of Anguilla. The highest point on the island is Crocus Hill in The Valley, with an altitude of 65m/213ft. Sorry - forgot sources in my excitement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valley,_Anguilla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla Jun 15 09, 9:11 PM

Datsmeharse

Good answer! Not the one I was looking for but technically someone arriving from the sea would have to go up to get to The Valley now wouldn't they. The airport in Anguilla though is 39 meters above sea level, The Valley is 9 meters above (highest point 14 meters), so you'd travel down in that case. Actually Crocus Hill is not in The Valley, it's just near it, if you look at the map on the wiki link you added you can see: http://www.caribbean-on-line.com/ag/tvmap.shtml Jun 15 09, 9:52 PM

Watchkeeper

In my defence, the Old Prison is situated "on Anguilla's highest point", and its address is given as: Valley Road Crocus Hill The Valley Anguilla thereby indicating Crocus Hill is part of The Valley. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147239-d311130-Reviews-Old_Prison-The_Valley_Anguilla.html The very title of the above Webpage is couched in similar terms. Secondly, the map referenced shows the words The Valley in larger type with districts such as North Side, Crocus Hill and The Quarter in smaller type in a similar way that a map of London would show the districts of Chelsea, Belgravia and Shoreditch. I rest my case, m'Lud. That said, we must hunt for the correct capital you have in mind. Jun 16 09, 5:42 AM

johcharly

La Paz Bolivia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz Having said that La Paz means the Peace, and not the Pass as I always thought! Jun 16 09, 5:47 AM

markswood

Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe. Basse-Terre means "low land" but the capital is high up. Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basse-Terre_Island Jun 16 09, 8:42 AM

Datsmeharse

Basse-Terre is an excellent trivia question itself: it is a poorly named island! The Island is quite mountainous, but the captial city of Basse-Terre is actually on the southwestern coast at a low elevation. Weatherbase shows the city of Basse-Terre at 7 meters. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=79887&refer=&units=metric Map of Guadeloupe: http://www.europe-map.org/caribbean/maps/guadeloupe.gif To determine the elevation of The Valley in Anguilla I consulted this ordance survey map last night, which shows the city outline and the highest point at 43 feet (14 meters) named East Base: http://www.stanfords.co.uk/stock/anguilla-15724/sample-cartography.html I also consulted Weatherbase, which was linked from the wiki article, and states 9 meters. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=66887&refer=&units=metric The same wiki article had a link to Crocus Hill, which listed its location as "Near the Valley": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_Hill I can only say the link that states Crocus Hill Prison is in The Valley is from a user-submitted website, I couldn't find a more official site, though I didn't really check. Another user submitted website (wikipedia) lists the origins of the name of the capital city I was looking for incorrectly. Coincidentally, the previous name for it was also "The Valley" though in a different language. Jun 16 09, 12:14 PM

shellybelly25

The valley is a good example, The names of places, Villages and so on is most geographical like East end West end, North hill and South hill and on on , So thats how the capital got its names, because of its geographical attributes its in a Valley, Some might say a basin LOL but to get to a crater lake you first have to travel up a mountain then go down May 10 13, 6:47 AM