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Cape Town travel guide

about Cape Town

Cape Town, one of South Africa's three capital cities (the others are Pretoria and Bloemfontein), and capital of the Western Cape Province, is most famous for its mountain, aptly named Table Mountain because of its flat top. The agglomeration is estimated to have a population of about 2.9 million (estimate from 2001 census).

Cape Town history

It was founded by the Dutch East India Company to be used as a replenishing station for ships sailing on the trade route to Indonesia. The location was chosen for its sheltered bay which formed a natural harbour and protected ships from the strong prevailing wind, the South-Easter. The first European settlement was led by Jan van Riebeek, who arrived on 6 April 1652.

The seas around Cape Town are notorious and it was referred to as the "Cape of Storms". However the Dutch displaced the Khoi and San who were the native inhabitants. The Dutch imported slaves from Asia. The descendants of these slaves (known as the "Cape Malays"), along with the mixed race-offspring of natives and white settlers, eventually became the ethnic group called the "Coloureds". Later the English conquered the Dutch to gain control of this strategic port.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on an island near Cape Town, Robben Island until his transfer to another prison.

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• Mafeteng travel guide 950 km
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• Maseru travel guide 1 000 km
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Near webcams to Cape Town

• Cape Town - Table Mountain webcam 4.6 km
• Cape Town webcam 6.2 km
• Blouberg Beach webcam 15 km
• Durban - Addington beach webcam 1 300 km
• Daressalam webcam 3 700 km
• Zanzibar - Stone Town webcam 3 800 km
• Mafatte webcam 3 900 km
• Reunion - Le Piton de la Fournaise webcam 3 900 km
• Saint Denis webcam 3 900 km
• Saint Denis webcam 3 900 km

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