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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-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
The Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, approximately 50 km (31 mi) south of Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Agulhas is the southernmost part of South Africa. When following the western side of the African coastline from the equator, however, the Cape of Good Hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more ...
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 ...
Muizenberg (/ ˈ m j uː z ən b ɜːr ɡ / MEW-zən-burg, Dutch for 'mice mountain') is a beach-side town in the Western Cape, South Africa.It is situated where the shore of the Cape Peninsula curves round to the east on the False Bay coast.
Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the ...
90,280. Source: Passenger and Aircraft Statistics [1] Cape Town International Airport ( IATA: CPT, ICAO: FACT) is the primary international airport serving the city of Cape Town, and is the second-busiest airport in South Africa and fifth-busiest in Africa. Located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city center, the airport was opened ...
The Cape Malays ( Afrikaans: Kaapse Maleiers, کاپز ملیس in Arabies script) also known as Cape Muslims [15] or simply Malays, are a Muslim community or ethnic group in South Africa. [11] The Cape Malay identity can be considered the product of a set of histories and communities as much as it is a definition of an ethnic group.
The flag of Cape Town is the flag used by the City of Cape Town municipality. It is not an officially registered flag, but consists of the city's logo used in flag form, and since 1996 it has changed each time the city's logo has changed. The city's current logo was adopted in 2014 and is used on the city's flag.