What country has three capital cities?
MOST countries across the world choose one city to be be their capital. South Africa is the only country in the world to have three capital cities. The three capitals are Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein. South Africas unique arrangement was designed to ensure that power was shared equally across the country. Cape Town was the capital of Britains Cape Colony. It still remains as the legislative capital of the country. However a decision was made to divide up the remaining branches of government between Pretoria and Bloemfontein. This helped to distribute power across the emerging Republic of South Africa. Netherlands - Amsterdam and The Hague  Montenegro - Podgorica and Cetinje  Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya  Kingdom of eSwatini - Mbabane and Lobamba  Czech Republic - Prague and Brno  Cte D'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro and Abidjan  Chile - Santiago and Valparaso  Bolivia - La Paz and Sucre  Most read in News 'THE BUTCHER' Iran's new president had pregnant women tortured & ordered mass executions BORDER FARCE Biden urged to FIRE Kamala from migrant role as she's STILL not visited border DAM DISASTER Cops name family who plunged over dam killing three as two are still missing MONSTER Mom 'made daughter bury corpse of abused sister who was forced to stand for 3 days' PLANE WRONG Vid shows teen, 18, being 'groped on boobs & arms' through seat gap on flight Warning IN FIRING LINE Two KIDS are inches from being shot as gunman blasts victim in lawless NY  Sri Lanka - Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte  Benin - Porto-Novo and Cotonou  Tanzania - Dar es Salaam and Dodoma