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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. [11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .
Sources: 1658–1904, [1] 1950–1990, [2] 1996, [3] 2001, and 2011 Census; [4] 2007, [5] 2016 Census estimates. [6] The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was ...
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape Peninsula.
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam ...
Wellington-Cape Town railway begins operating. Harbor works begun. Public Library building constructed. Telegraph begins operating (Simon's Town – Cape Town). Cape Town High School was founded. 1861 Bellvile was founded; first Railway station built. 1863 Horsecar trams begin operating. Grey Library opens. 1864 – Somerset Hospital opens.
The University of Cape Town ( UCT) ( Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub ...
Location of Cape Town. Cape Town is situated within the following regions: Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Afro-Eurasia. Africa ( outline ) Southern Africa. South Africa ( outline ) Western Cape. City of Cape Town.
The V&A Waterfront is a mixed-use destination located in the oldest working harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] With Table Mountain as its backdrop, [2] the 123-hectare neighbourhood is located within the Cape Town, South Africa, where millions of people visit each year. [3] It contains art, entrepreneurs, and sustainable design.