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Cape Town

Southern Africa

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa and the country's oldest city, seat of the Parliament of South Africa, on the Cape Peninsula at the southwestern tip of the African continent. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
4,772,846 1
Area (sq km)
2461 1
Founding Year
1652 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
5 2
Latitude
33.92528 degrees south 1
Longitude
18.42389 degrees east 1
Connections

Associated With

South Africa, Countries
Source Cape Town (Wikipedia)
Table Mountain National Park, Protected Areas

Table Mountain National Park is in Cape Town.

Source Table Mountain National Park (Wikipedia)
Western Cape, States or Territories

cape-town is associated with western-cape.

Source Western Cape (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

South Africa, Countries

Cape Town is South Africa's legislative capital, seat of Parliament; South Africa has three capitals, Pretoria (executive) and Bloemfontein (judicial) are the other two, neither yet covered in this atlas.

Source Cape Town (Wikipedia)
Western Cape, States or Territories

cape-town is the capital of western-cape.

Source Western Cape (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Cape Town (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa
  • Infobox: population_metro
    4,772,846
  • Article text
    In the 2022 census, the median age of residents in the city was 31.
  • Infobox, Area
    2,461 km2 (950 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    33°55'31"S 18°25'26"E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    33°55'31"S 18°25'26"E
  • Infobox: established_date
    April 6, 1652
  • Associated With: South Africa, Infobox, Country
    South Africa
  • Capital Of: South Africa, Lead section, capital fact
    Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Cape Town (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 5 m
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Western Cape (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Quote, Infobox, capital
Capital Cape Town
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Wikidata: Cape Town
Wikidata Q5465, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Table Mountain National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Table Mountain National Park, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Table Mountain National Park, Lead section
is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998
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