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The Western Cape is the southernmost region of the African continent with Cape Agulhas as its southernmost point, only 3,800 kilometres (2,400 mi) from the Antarctic coastline. The coastline varies from sandy between capes, to rocky to steep and mountainous in places.
- Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Provinsie...
- George
George is the second largest city in the Western Cape...
- Cape Province
Area code. 028. Swellendam is the third oldest town [3] [4] in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch ), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture.
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Explorer Gil Eanes rounds Cape Bojador in Western Sahara, thus destroying the legends of the "Dark Sea". Portuguese traders deliver their first cargo of African slaves to Lisbon. In Ming Dynasty China, a long episode of drought, flood, locust infestation, and famine cripple agriculture and commerce in areas throughout the country, until 1448.
In 1993, the Cape Province was divided into three smaller provinces. One of them is the Western Cape. The Western Cape was the first place in the country where people from Europe settled. The Europeans brought slaves from Malay to serve them, and the Malay culture became part of South Africa own heritage.
Previous: Western Cape. The mountainous Western Cape province extends from the Cape of Good Hope on the south-western tip of Africa 400km north and 500km east. It is South Africa’s fourth-largest province. It is bounded by the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
This Portugese conquest set up further explorations that led to the discovery of Madiera, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verdes Islands, and other lands on the west African coast, all raising the ire of their Iberian neighbors, the Spaniards. (For more, click here)
2011. Table Mountain is named one of the New7Wonders of Nature after a global voting campaign. 260-million years ago. 1488. 1652. 1990. 2011. There are more plant species in the Table Mountain National Park than in the entire United Kingdom. Next: Tips for your traveller.
