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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.
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The Province of the Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Provinsie...
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George is the second largest city in the Western Cape...
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Year 1451 ( MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–December. January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull [1] to establish The University of Glasgow; classes are initially held in Glasgow Cathedral.
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Mar 30, 2011 · Prehistory of the Cape Town area. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a refuelling station in 1652 for their ships sailing between Europe and India. As a result, ‘the mother city’ is the centre for historical archaeology in southern Africa.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [12] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [13] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .
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5 days ago · Western Cape, province, South Africa, situated in the southern extremity of the African continent. The provincial capital, Cape Town, is also the country’s legislative capital. Western Cape province was part of former Cape of Good Hope province until 1994. Coastline fronting the Atlantic and Indian.
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Western Cape Province. The Western Cape’s coat of arms. 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 ...
Cape Town, Western Province. The Mother City, With the Famous- 'Table-Cloth' of Clouds Coming Over, Table Mountain! Cape Town is one of South Africa’s most Historically important Cities. It was here, in the "Mother City", where the first European Colonists set foot in South Africa —which also marked the beginning of the South African slave ...