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Cape Town ( ; ) is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second most populous urban area in South Africa, after Johannesburg. It is also the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape.
As the seat of the National Parliament it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The city is famous for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, as well as for such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. , it is the 10th most populous city in Africa and home to 64% of the Western Cape's population. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and expatriates to South Africa. 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 American New York Times and the British Daily Telegraph.
Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town was first developed by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling (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 first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in South Africa.
Cape Town is the second-largest city in South Africa.
Cape Town may also refer to the following:
- City of Cape Town, the metropolitan municipality that includes Cape Town and surrounding areas
- Cape Town railway station, the terminal railway station in Cape Town
- HMS Capetown (D88), a light cruiser of the Royal Navy
- Capetown, California, a locality in California
- Cape Town Treaty, The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment, or Cape Town Treaty
Cape Town (also known as Mat Joubert) is a South African-German produced TV-series based on the novel Dead before dying by author Deon Meyer. The series is produced by German company all-in-production, whose head Annette Reeker bought rights 5 years before starting the production. Produced without any television channel backing it, Reeker funded the series with private earnings of about 6 Million Euro and wrote the episodes on her own, with English writer Mark Needham translating them from German into English. World premiere of the series has been scheduled for June 23, 2016, on Polish channel TVN.
Usage examples of "cape town".
I was taken prisoner when returning from India, and remained a year in Cape Town during the time that it was in the hands of the Dutch.
She had to protect Zouga, until they reached Cape Town, or until she did what she had to do.
It was a flat tableland like that above Cape Town at the Cape of Good Hope, but of reduced proportions.
I'm a British Army officer, I was on my way home from India, I was waylaid at Cape Town and crimped aboard a packet which arrived here yesterday, I'm destitute - but thanks to you I know where to find British authorities who'll help me back to England.
In the afternoon of the next day, Dr Maturin, preceded by two bales of hand bills, proclamations and broadsheets, some printed in Cape Town and others so recently struck off in Saint-Denis that they were still damp from the press, came alongside the Nereide, six hours late.