From the disambiguation page about capitol in Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol

"Capitol is the name generally given to the building in which the executive and/or legislative branches of government are housed. The term is most often used by republics. The city or town in which a capitol building resides is called the capital of the entity over which that particular government has jurisdiction." So in fact Window Rock is the capital of the Navajo Nation, not the capitol, I presume. Just my 5 cents, since English is not my native language. Of course this doesn't change why Shiprock was chosen over Window Rock ... - Jesper Nørgaard Welen -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] [mailto:olsona@dc37a.nci.nih.gov] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 17:44 To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: Why America/Shiprock? We use the most populous city in a zone by default; this is the same as the case with America/New_York versus America/Washington. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Paul Schauble [mailto:Paul.Schauble@ticketmaster.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:39 PM To: tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: Why America/Shiprock? I was just looking at the tzdata file for the entry for the Navajo Nation. I'm curious why this entry is named America/Shiprock when the capitol of the Navajo Nation is Window Rock. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks, ++PLS