It was chosen to replace the mainland town of ORGANIZATION@1 as the capital of the country in NUMBER@1 , and was renamed LOCATION@1 in NUMBER@2 as part of President PERSON@1 's campaign to replace MISC@1 place names with `` authentic '' MISC@2 ones .

The city was renamed LOCATION@1 in NUMBER@2 because President PERSON@1 wanted to replace MISC@1 place names with `` authentic '' MISC@2 ones .
