article_snippet: Myanmar has only recently completed Myanmar move from crumbling Yangon to the new city of Naypyidaw.
article_snippet: Nigeria moved to Abuja in the 1990's, and Brazil carved Nigeria out of the wilderness over 50 years ago.
article_snippet: And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital on a square of swampland that seemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators at the time.
article_snippet: the new city of Naypyidaw?