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Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory. It is the least populated of the capital cities presumably because it is the hottest.

Name[]

Darwin was named after botanist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution has greatly contributed to science.

History[]

Darwin is famous for being 'the city destroyed and rebuilt twice, first by Japanese air raids in 1942 and 1943 of the Second World War, then again by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day, 1974.

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