Cape Town

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Cape Town （Afrikaans: Kaapstad; [ˈkɑːpstat], Xhosa: iKapa） is the oldest and second largest city in South Africa, after Johannesburg, and also the seat of the Parliament of South Africa.
Colloquially named the Mother City, it is the largest city of the Western Cape province and forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
The Parliament of South Africa is situated in Cape Town.
The other two capitals are located in Gauteng （in Pretoria, the executive capital, where the Presidency is based） and in the Free State （in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located）.
The city is known for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point.
Cape Town is home to 66% of the Western Cape's population.
The city was named the World Design Capital for 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.
In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by both The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph.
Cape Town has also been a host city for both the 1995 Rugby World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, and annually hosts the Africa leg of the World Rugby 7s.
Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town, as the oldest urban area in the Western Cape, it was developed by the Dutch East India Company （VOC） as a supply station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East.
Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the VOC Cape Colony, the first permanent European settleme...