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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cape Town: Cape Town – capital city of the Western Cape province and legislative capital of South Africa.

General reference

* Pronunciation: ( af, Kaapstad ; Xhosa: ''iKapa''; Dutch: ''Kaapstad''); * Common English name(s): Cape Town * Official English name(s): Cape Town * Adjectival(s): Capetonian *

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(s): Capetonian

Geography of Cape Town

Geography of Cape Town * Cape Town is: ** a

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*** capital of Western Cape * Population of Cape Town: 433,688 * Area of Cape Town: 400.28 km² (154.55 sq mi)

Location of Cape Town

* Cape Town is situated within the following regions: ** Southern Hemisphere and

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) ******* Western Cape ******** City of Cape Town * Time zone(s): ** South African Standard Time (

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Environment of Cape Town

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* Biodiversity of Cape Town * Climate of Cape Town * Nature reserves in Cape Town ** Table Mountain National Park * Water crisis in Cape Town

Natural geographic features of Cape Town

* Bays **

Camps Bay Camps Bay (Afrikaans: ''Kampsbaai'') is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and the small bay on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula after which it is named. In summer it attracts many South African and foreign visitors. History The ...

** False Bay ** Gordon's Bay ** Hout Bay ** Simon's Bay ** Table Bay * Beaches of Cape Town * Hills ** Signal Hill * Mountains ** Devil's Peak ** Lion's Head ** Table Mountain * Islands ** Robben Island * Rivers ** Eerste River ** Salt River *** Black River ***

Elsieskraal River The Elsieskraal River (Afrikaans ''Elsieskraalrivier'') is a small river that flows through the City of Cape Town, Cape Town metropolitan area, in South Africa. It rises in the Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Tygerberg Hills and flows in a generally so ...

*** Liesbeek River

Regions of Cape Town

Atlantic Seaboard The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. The eastern seaboard contains the coa ...

* Cape Flats *

City Bowl The City Bowl is a part of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a natural amphitheatre-shaped area bordered by Table Bay and defined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. The area includes the central bu ...

Helderberg Helderberg refers to a planning district of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality, the mountain after which it is named, a wine-producing area in the Western Cape province of South Africa, or a small census area in Somerset West. Or ...

Northern Suburbs Northern Sydney is a large metropolitan area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the north shore of Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River. The region embraces suburbs in Sydney’s north-east, north and inner north west. Northern Sydney ...

* Southern Suburbs * South Peninsula

Suburbs of Cape Town

Suburbs of Cape Town *

Athlone Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of ...

Bakoven Bakoven is a small residential suburb on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, in the southwest of Camps Bay. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres o ...

* Bantry Bay * Belhar * Bellville *

Bergvliet Bergvliet is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Bergvliet, which means "Mountain Streamlet" in Afrikaans, is bordered by Retreat, Meadowridge, Tokai, and Heathfield. Bergvliet is home to three schools: Bergvliet High School, Bergvliet Pri ...

Bishop Lavis Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located east of the city centre near Cape Town International Airport. It had, as of 2001, a population of 44,419 people, of whom 97% described themselves as Coloured, and 90% spoke Afrikaans while 9% spoke E ...

* Bishopscourt * Bloubergstrand * Blue Downs *

Bo-Kaap The Bo-Kaap (lit. "above the Cape" in Afrikaans) is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical ...

Bonteheuwel Bonteheuwel is a former Coloured township in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the ...

Bothasig Bothasig is a suburban area of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa. It is located north of Edgemead and east of Milnerton Milnerton is a seaside suburb on Table Bay and is located north of central Cape Town in South Africa. I ...

Brackenfell Brackenfell is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa at the gateway to the Cape Winelands. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality as a Northern Suburb and is about ...

* Brooklyn *

* Capri Village *

Century City Century City is a 176-acre (71.2 ha) neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles, California. Located on the Westside to the south of Santa Monica Boulevard around 10 miles (16 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles, Century City is one of ...

Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** Claremont Football Club, West Australian Footba ...

Clifton Clifton may refer to: People *Clifton (surname) *Clifton (given name) Places Australia * Clifton, Queensland, a town **Shire of Clifton *Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong *Clifton, Western Australia Canada *Clifton, Nova Scotia ...

* Clovelly * Constantia *

Crawford Crawford may refer to: Places Canada * Crawford Bay Airport, British Columbia * Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Ontario United Kingdom * Crawford, Lancashire, a small village near Rainford, Merseyside, England * Crawford, South Lanarkshire, a ...

Da Gama Park Da Gama Park is a suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Da Gama Park was founded as a township in the former Simon's Town district, north-west of the town. Situated in the Else River Valley, it was establis ...

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Devil's Peak Estate Devil's Peak Estate is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa in the area known as the City Bowl. It is sandwiched between Vredehoek and Zonnebloem on the slopes of Devil's Peak. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 1,859 residents i ...

Diep River Diep River (Afrikaans ''Dieprivier''), drains the area between the Kasteel Mountain (north of Malmesbury) and the northern slopes of the Durbanville Hills, in the Western Cape, a province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Rep ...

* Durbanville *

Edgemead Edgemead is one of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. It is one of several garden cities of South Africa, the first being Pinelands in the southern suburbs. Edgemead is mainly residential, and as the name 'garden city' suggests, is noted for it ...

* Eerste River *

Elsie's River Elsie's River (Elsiesrivier in Afrikaans) is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. History Elsies River was probably named after Elsje van Suurwaarde who farmed in the area in 1698. Baptized on 8 October 1662 in the Cape of Good Hope, Elsje was a ...

Epping Epping may refer to: Places Australia * Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Epping railway station, Sydney * Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...

Faure Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin ''faber''. It is pronounced differently from the accented surname Fauré, as in Gabriel Fauré, French composer and organist. People Politicians * Dominique Faure (born 1959), Frenc ...

Fish Hoek Fish Hoek ( af, Vishoek, meaning either Fish Corner or Fish Glen) is a coastal town at the eastern end of the Fish Hoek Valley on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape, South Africa. Previously a separate municipality, Fish ...

* Fresnaye * Gardens * Glencairn * Goodwood * Grassy Park * Green Point *

Gugulethu Gugulethu is a township in the Western Cape, South Africa and is 15 km from Cape Town. Its name is a contraction of ''igugu lethu'', which is Xhosa for ''our pride''. The township was established along with Nyanga in the 1960s. History The ...

* Hanover Park *

Harfield Village Harfield Village, also known as Lower Claremont, is a neighbourhood in the south of Cape Town. It is located between the suburbs of Kenilworth and Claremont, Cape Town. The Arderne Gardens are located to the area's immediate north on the other sid ...

* Heathfield * Higgovale * Hout Bay * Imizamo Yethu *

Kalk Bay Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: ''Kalkbaai'') is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, South Africa and is now a suburb of greater Cape Town. It lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountainous heights that are buttressed by crags of grey Table Mo ...

* Kenilworth *

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

Kenwyn Kenwyn ( kw, Keynwynn) is a settlement and civil parish in Cornwall, England. The settlement is a suburb of the city of Truro and lies 0.5 mi (1 km) north of the city centre, within Truro parish, whereas Kenwyn parish covers an area w ...

* Khayelitsha * Kommetjie *

Kraaifontein Kraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape, Western Cape province of South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality as a Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, Northern Suburb. The name o ...

Kuils River Kuils River (Afrikaans: Kuilsrivier) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, 25 km (15 miles) east of Cape Town CBD at the gateway of the Cape Winelands. It is also the name of the main tributary of the Eerste River, and forms part of th ...

* Langa * Lansdowne * Lavender Hill *

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigsi ...

Lotus River Lotus River is a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. Lotus River is found at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level. Demographics The total population of Lotus River as of a 1996 census which was compiled by the Urban Policy Unit ...

* Lwandle * Macassar * Maitland *

Manenberg Manenberg is a township of Cape Town, South Africa, that was created by the apartheid government for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats in 1966

Masiphumelele Masiphumelele is a township on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Capri Village and Noordhoek. Initially known as Site 5, the township was renamed Masiphumelele by its residents, which is a Xhosa word meaning "let us ...

Meadowridge Meadowridge is a suburb in the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch alon ...

* Melkbosstrand * Milnerton * Mitchells Plain * Monte Vista *

Mouille Point Mouille Point ("Mu-lee") is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, situated between the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point, Cape Town, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to t ...

* Mowbray * Muizenberg *

Ndabeni Ndabeni is an industrial suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, mainly occupied by light industries such as textiles and clothing. It is located about 6 km (4 miles) east of Cape Town city centre and is serviced by a railway station. Ndabeni is bo ...

Newlands Newlands may refer to: Places Australia * Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region New Zealand * Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington South Africa * Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town * Newlands, Johannesbur ...

* Noordhoek *

Nyanga Nyanga may mean: *Nyanga Province, of Gabon * Nyanga River, in Gabon and Congo *Nyanga people, an ethnic group from Congo *Nyanga, Zimbabwe, a town *Nyanga District, Zimbabwe *Nyanga National Park in Zimbabwe * Nyanga, Western Cape, a township in S ...

Observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. His ...

* Ocean View *

Ottery Ottery may refer to: *Ottery, Cape Town *Ottery Hundred, Devon, England **Ottery St Mary *** Ottery St Mary A.F.C. *** Ottery St Mary astronomical clock ***Ottery St Mary railway station ***The King's School, Ottery St Mary *River Ottery, Cornwall, ...

Oranjezicht Oranjezicht (Dutch: ''orange view'') is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, built on the site of the old Oranjezicht farm, which used to stretch at least as far as the Mount Nelson Hotel and supplied the Castle of Good Hope with fresh produce. ...

Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...

* Parklands * Parow *

Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...

* Pinelands *

Plumstead Plumstead is an area in southeast London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. It is located east of Woolwich. History Until 1965, Plumstead was in the historic counties of England, historic county of Kent and the detail of mu ...

* Retreat *

Richwood Richwood may refer to: Places ;United States * Richwood, Georgia * Richwood, Kentucky * Richwood, Louisiana * Richwood Township, Minnesota * Richwood, New Jersey * Richwood, Ohio * Richwood, Texas * Richwood, West Virginia * Richwood, Wisconsin ...

* Rondebosch *

Rondebosch East Rondebosch East is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, about south-east of the city centre. As the name suggests, it is located to the east of the neighbouring suburb of Rondebosch. it had a population of approximately 4,600 people ...

* Rosebank * Salt River * Scarborough * Schotsche Kloof * Sea Point * Simon's Town *

St James Saint James or St. James may refer to: People Saints *James, brother of Jesus (died 62 or 69), also known as James the Just *James the Great (died 44), Apostle, also known as James, son of Zebedee, or Saint James the Greater **Saint James Matamoro ...

* Steenberg * Strandfontein *

Table View Table View is a West Coast suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, named after its view of Table Mountain. It has expanded rapidly since the 1970s and has extensions such as Flamingo Vlei, Sunridge, West Riding, Parklands, and Killarney. Table View ha ...

* Tamboerskloof * Thornton *

Three Anchor Bay Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Small anchorage in Table Bay. The name, first encountered in 1661, possibly refers to anchors securing chains stretched as defence across the bay. The form Dri ...

Tokai Tōkai ( 東海, literally ''East Sea'') in Japanese may refer to: * Tōkai region, a subregion of Chūbu * Tōkai, Ibaraki, a village, also known as "Tokaimura" (Tokai-village) * Tōkai, Aichi, a city * Tōkai University, a private university in T ...

* University Estate * Vredehoek * Walmer Estate * Wetton * Woodstock * Wynberg * Zonnebloem

Neighbourhoods of Cape Town

De Waterkant De Waterkant is a sub-district of the suburb of Green Point, Cape Town. The neighbourhood is adjacent to the central business district on the southeastern end of Somerset Road. On the south, it is neighboured by the historically coloured distri ...

* Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Places of interest in Cape Town

Bridges of Cape Town

Foreshore Freeway Bridge The Foreshore Freeway Bridge, also known as Cape Town's Unfinished Bridge, is an incomplete section of what was intended to be the Eastern Boulevard Highway in the city bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. Conceptualised and Civil engineering, desig ...

Cultural and exhibition centres of Cape Town

* Cape Town International Convention Centre * Good Hope Centre

Fortifications of Cape Town

Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula Dozens of fortifications were built in Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula between the 1650s and the 1940s. Most have gone, but a few still stand. List of fortifications Entries in bold indicate that the building still stands, either intact or in ru ...

* Castle of Good Hope *

Chavonnes Battery The Chavonnes Battery was a fortification protecting Cape Town, South Africa, built in the early 18th century. It is now a museum and function venue. History The battery was one of the coastal fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the ...

Fort de Goede Hoop The Fort de Goede Hoop ('Fort of Good Hope') was the first military building to be erected in what is now Cape Town. It was built in 1652, and was in use until 1674 when it was superseded by the Castle of Good Hope. History The Fort was bu ...

Monuments and memorials of Cape Town

* Artillery Memorial, Cape Town * Japanese Lantern Monument *

Rhodes Memorial The Rhodes Memorial on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, is a memorial to the English-born South African politician Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902). The memorial was designed by the renowned architect, Sir Herbert Baker. Location The mem ...

* The Cenotaph *

Treaty Tree The Treaty Tree (Afrikaans: ''Verdragboom'' or ''Traktaatboom'' ) is a 500-year-old white milkwood tree on Treaty Road and south of the rail line in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. Peace was made under the tree on 10 January 1806 after th ...

Museums and art galleries of Cape Town

Museums in Cape Town * Cape Town Science Centre * District Six Museum * Groot Constantia * Groote Schuur *

Heart of Cape Town Museum The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum, museum complex in the Observatory, Cape Town, Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the ...

* Iziko South African Museum * Iziko South African National Gallery *

Koopmans-de Wet House # Koopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. It was declared a National Monum ...

* Slave Lodge *

South African Sendinggestig Museum The South African Sendinggestig Museum (also known as the South African Slave Church Museum) was established in 1977 and is currently situated in the centre of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. It is a province-aided museum which receives s ...

* Waterworks Museum * Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

Parks and gardens of Cape Town

The grand Norfolk Pine in Arderne Gardens

Arderne Gardens Arderne Gardens is a public park and arboretum in Claremont, Cape Town, located in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was established by in 1845 by Ralph Henry Arderne, a timber merchant originally from Cheshire, England. In 1979, the park w ...

* Company's Garden *

De Waal Park De Waal Park is a public park and heritage site in the Oranjezicht suburb of Cape Town. The park, which contains over 120 species of trees, is popular with dog walkers. The park is roughly rectangular. Molteno Dam borders the park to the south ...

Green Point Common Green Point Common, is a park in Green Point, Cape Town, in South Africa, where numerous playing fields and a golf course are situated. The Green Point Urban Park & Biodiversity Garden is just behind Mouille Point Mouille Point ("Mu-lee") is a ...

* Helderberg Nature Reserve *

Keurboom Park Keurboom Park is a park in Rondebosch, Cape Town, in South Africa. It borders the and Rondebosch Boys' High School. It is named after the original Keurboom estate. It has two children's play areas within it, in addition to open air exercise equip ...

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden 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 A ...

* Rondebosch Common *

Rondebosch Park Rondebosch Park is a park in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. It is located on the corner of Campground Road and Sandown Road. The park is laid out with avenues of trees, and is used for regular craft markets and a Potter's Market held twice ...

Tokai Arboretum The Tokai Arboretum was the first large-scale silviculture experimental station in Cape Town, South Africa. The area of the main Arboretum, at Tokai Park, is 14 ha. Several adjacent compartments extend the area to 26 ha. The Arboretum was decla ...

* Tokai Park *

Wynberg Park Wynberg Park, formerly known as King Edward Park, is a park situated in the southern suburb of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in ...

Public squares of Cape Town

* Grand Parade *

Greenmarket Square Greenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, South Africa. The square was built in 1696, when a burgher watch house was erected. Over the years, the square has served as a slave market, a vegetable market, a parking l ...

Religious buildings of Cape Town

Auwal Mosque The Auwal Mosque, alternatively spelled Awwal, Owal or Owwal, is a mosque in the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa, recognised as the first mosque established in the country. It was constructed in 1794 during the first British oc ...

* Gardens Shul * Groote Kerk *

Lutheran Church in Strand Street The Lutheran Church in Strand Street in Cape Town is one of the oldest church buildings in South Africa, dating back to 1792. It was declared a National Monument in 1949. Background In 1740 a few hundred residents of the bigger Cape area were Lut ...

Palm Tree Mosque Palm Tree Mosque, or the Church of Jan van Bougies, or the Dadelboom Mosque, is a former residence and current mosque in Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa. It is the oldest substantially unaltered building in Long Street. The building stand ...

* Queen Victoria mosque * St. George's Cathedral * St. James Church * St. Mary's Cathedral

Secular buildings of Cape Town

* Atterbury House *

Cape Town City Hall Cape Town City Hall is a large Edwardian building in Cape Town city centre which was built in 1905. It is located on the Grand Parade to the west of the Castle and is built from honey-coloured oolitic limestone imported from Bath in England. ...

Cape Town Civic Centre The Cape Town Civic Centre is a building on the Foreshore in central Cape Town, South Africa that serves as the headquarters of the City of Cape Town, the municipality that governs Cape Town and its suburbs. It was completed in 1978 by Concor, ...

Centre for the Book The Centre for the Book is a building situated next to the Company's Gardens in Cape Town. The building is run for the state by an independent organization of the same name, to promote literacy, reading, publishing and for conferences, symposi ...

* Coornhoop *

Disa Park Disa Park is one of the best-known pieces of architecture in the Vredehoek, Cape Town, Vredehoek area of Cape Town, South Africa. The towers were built in response to a "white South African, white housing crisis" in the city and completed in 1969 ...

Genadendal Residence Genadendal Residence is the official Cape Town residence of the President of South Africa, situated on the Groote Schuur estate in Rondebosch. It has been the official residence since 1994 when Nelson Mandela took up residence here rather th ...

Hawthorndon House Hawthorndon House is a double-storeyed house on Herschel Walk in the suburb of Wynberg in Cape Town, South Africa. The house likely dates from 1683, but was substantially rebuilt in the French Victorian style in 1881 by a Capt. John Spence. It ...

* Houses of Parliament * Huguenot Memorial Building *

Leeuwenhof Leeuwenhof is an estate in the Gardens area of Cape Town, South Africa. It is the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape. Leeuwenhof was originally a farmhouse dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company's rule of Cape Tow ...

* Metlife Centre * Mutual Building * Naspers Centre * Portside Tower * Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope * Triangle House

Shopping areas, malls and markets of Cape Town

Canal Walk Canal Walk is a shopping centre located in Cape Town, South Africa. It is largest shopping centre in the city. Built in what the developers call "Cape Venetian architecture", the shopping centre hosts over 400 stores, 7,000 parking bays, numero ...

* Somerset Mall * Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Streets of Cape Town

* Adderley Street * Long Street *

Strand Street Strand Street is one of the main streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa. It runs northwest-southeast through the centre from Green Point to Woodstock, passing the Golden Acre shopping centre, the Cape Town railwa ...

Theatres of Cape Town

* Baxter Theatre Centre * Labia Theatre * Space Theatre * The Independent Armchair Theatre

Triangulation station

Maclear's Beacon Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination. The beacon is on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated on the Eastern end on the plateau of the mount ...

World Heritage Sites of Cape Town

* Cape Floristic Region ** Table Mountain National Park * Robben Island

Demographics of Cape Town

Government and politics of Cape Town

Politics of Cape Town *

Parliament of South Africa The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces. The current twenty-seve ...

** Houses of Parliament * Mayor of Cape Town **

Deputy Mayor of Cape Town The Deputy Mayor of Cape Town is the deputy head of the local government of Cape Town, South Africa; currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. The Deputy Mayor of Cape Town is elected by the Ca ...

* International relations of Cape Town ** Twin towns and sister cities of Cape Town

Law and justice of Cape Town

* Law enforcement in Cape Town ** Municipal Police

History of Cape Town

* History of Cape Town **

Invasion of the Cape Colony The Invasion of the Cape Colony, also known as the Battle of Muizenberg, was a British military expedition launched in 1795 against the Dutch Cape Colony at the Cape of Good Hope. The Dutch colony at the Cape, established and controlled by th ...

** Battle of Blaauwberg ** Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 **

Noon Gun The Noon Gun has been a historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. It consists of a pair of black powder Dutch naval guns, fired alternatingly with one serving as a backup. The guns are situated on Signal Hill, close to the ...

Timeline of Cape Town The following is a timeline of the history of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Prior to 19th century * 1510 – A Portuguese force led by Francisco de Almeida is defeated in the Battle of Salt River by the indigenou ...

Culture of Cape Town

Arts of Cape Town

Architecture of Cape Town

Architecture of Cape Town * Cape Dutch architecture * Buildings in Cape Town ** Tallest buildings in Cape Town

Music and dance of Cape Town

Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town (2017)

* Ballet of Cape Town **

Cape Town City Ballet The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in Cape Town, South Africa. History The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howe ...

* Music festivals and competitions in Cairo **

Cape Town International Jazz Festival The Cape Town International Jazz Festival is an annual music festival held in Cape Town, South Africa. The first one was held in 2000 to 2005 and is recognized as the fourth largest jazz festival in the world and the largest jazz festival on the ...

* Music schools in Cape Town ** Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre **

South African College of Music The South African College of Music, abbreviated as SACM, is a department of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town. It is located on the University's Lower Campus in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Study opportunities The South African ...

* Music venues in Cape Town **

Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre Centre (formerly Nico Malan Theatre Centre) is the main performing arts centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in 1971 and is located on reclaimed land in the Foreshore area. The inaugural performance was scheduled to ...

* Musical ensembles in Cape Town **

Cape Town Opera Cape Town Opera (CTO) is a professional opera company in Cape Town, South Africa. CTO was founded in 1999 by the management and staff of the former South Africa Arts Council Opera and the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB), itself a successor to ...

** Cape Town Philharmonia Choir **

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) is an orchestra based in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. History Founded by the Cape Town City Council, the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra held its inaugural concert on 28 February 1914 in the ...

* Musicians from Cape Town ** Michael Blake **

Victor Hely-Hutchinson Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson (26 December 1901 – 11 March 1947) was a British composer, conductor, pianist and music administrator. He is best known for the ''Carol Symphony'' and for humorous song-settings.Hurd, Michael'Hely ...

** John Joubert

Theatre of Cape Town

Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre is an independent physical theatre company based in Cape Town, South Africa. It was formed in 1987 by Mark Fleishman and Jennie Reznek who have since been the company's artistic directors. Besides creating original theatre production ...

Visual arts of Cape Town

* Cape Town in art * Public art in Cape Town ** Statue of Nelson Mandela, Cape Town City Hall

Cuisine of Cape Town

* Cape Town wine ** Constantia (wine) * Gatsby (sandwich)

Events of Cape Town

* Cape Town Book Fair *

South African International Exhibition The South African International Exhibition held in Cape Town, Cape Colony was a world's fair held in 1877 which opened on 15 February by Henry Bartle Frere. Location The exhibition was held in the grounds of the Lodge de Goede Hoop which was be ...

Festivals *

Kaapse Klopse The Kaapse Klopse (or simply Klopse), formerly known as the Coon Carnival and officially called Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, is a Cape coloured minstrel festival that takes place annually on 2 January in Cape Town, South Africa. It is also refe ...

Languages of Cape Town

* Afrikaans *

South African English South African English (SAfrE, SAfrEng, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans. History British settlers first arrived in the South African region in 1795, when they established a military holding op ...

* Xhosa

Media of Cape Town

* Newspapers **'' Cape Times'' **''

The Cape Messenger ''The Cape Messenger'', also known as ''The Messenger'', was a South African daily online newspaper founded in 2015 by Denis Worrall and edited by Donwald Pressly and published by The Messenger Media Innovation Group. The publication focused on ...

'' * Radio and television ** CapeTalk ** Cape Town TV **

Fine Music Radio Fine Music Radio is a radio station that is based within the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1995, Fine Music Radio focuses mainly on classical music and jazz, and broadcasts on frequencies 101.3 in the greater Cap ...

People from Cape Town

Zach de Beer Zacharias Johannes "Zach" de Beer (born Cape Town, South Africa, 11 October 1928 – 27 May 1999) was a liberal Afrikaner South African politician and businessman. He was the last leader of the liberal Progressive Federal Party and then the co-l ...

* J. M. Coetzee *

Derek Hanekom Derek Andre Hanekom (born 13 January 1953) is a South African politician, activist and former cabinet minister. He is currently serving as a presidential envoy for South Africa mandated to promote investment with a focus on tourism. He was pre ...

Religion in Cape Town

* Anglican Diocese of Cape Town *

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town ( la, Archidioecesis Civitatis Capitis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Cape Town, in the south-western part of South Africa. The archdiocese's motherchurch and i ...

Sports in Cape Town

South Africa - Cape Town Drieankerbaai from Lion's head

Sports in Cape Town * Football ** Association football *** Ajax Cape Town F.C. *** Cape Town City F.C.) *** Cape Town All Stars ** Rugby football *** Western Province * Cricket in Cape Town **

Cape Cobras The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland ...

* Sports events in Cape Town **

2010 FIFA World Cup , image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensd ...

Cape Town Cycle Tour The Cape Town Cycle Tour is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden Bike Series. South Africa hosts some of the l ...

Cape Town Open The Cape Town Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour in Cape Town, South Africa. From 2012 to 2016, it was played annually in November at Royal Cape Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to February at the King David Mowbray Golf Club. Rhys Enoch ...

Cape Town Marathon The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is a City Marathon (42.2 km) held in Cape Town, South Africa, first held in its current form in 2007. Available distances include the marathon, a 10K, a 5K, and two trail runs of length 22 km and 12 km. The m ...

** Table Mountain Challenge **

Two Oceans Marathon The Two Oceans Marathon is a 56 km / 35-mile ultramarathon and 21 km half-marathon held annually in Cape Town, South Africa on the Saturday of the Easter weekend. Known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon",Hamlett, Alison ...

* Sports venues in Cape Town **

Cape Town Stadium The Cape Town Stadium ( af, Kaapstad-stadion; xh, Inkundla yezemidlalo yaseKapa) is an association football (soccer) and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the planning stage, it wa ...

** Green Point Stadium ** Killarney Motor Racing Complex ** Milnerton Racecourse **

Newlands Cricket Ground Newlands Cricket Ground (known as Six Gun Grill Newlands for sponsorship reasons) in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It is the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the Sunfoil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup and RamSlam Pro20 competit ...

** Newlands Stadium

Economy and infrastructure of Cape Town

Economy of Cape Town An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the p ...

* Companies in Cape Town ** Naspers **

Travelstart Travelstart is an African online travel booking website, offering flights, hotel bookings, car rental, vacation packages and other travel services through an online booking engine It operates in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Ta ...

* Communications in Cape Town **

MWEB Mweb is an Internet Service Provider based in South Africa since 1997. Mweb is a division of Internet Solutions Digital (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Dimension Data, and its headquarters are located in the Mweb Building in Parow, Cape Town. Hi ...

* Entrepreneurship and innovation ** Silicon Cape Initiative * Financial services in Cape Town ** Sanlam * Hotels and resorts in Cape Town **

Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is a luxury hotel at the centre of Cape Town in a garden estate overlooked by Table Mountain Table Mountain ( naq, Huriǂoaxa, lit= sea-emerging; af, Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landma ...

** Protea Hotels by Marriott * Restaurants and cafés in Cape Town **

Café Caprice Café Caprice is a beach bar and restaurant located on Camps Bay Beach in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The café is noted for its cocktails and for the celebrities that frequent it. South African rugby playe ...

** Top of the Ritz (revolving restaurant) * Shopping malls and markets in Cape Town **

** Somerset Mall * Tourism in Cape Town ** Tourist attractions in Cape Town *** Beaches of Cape Town ***

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...

*** Groot Constantia *** Nature reserves in Cape Town

Transportation in Cape Town

Transport in Cape Town * Air transport in Cape Town ** Airports in Cape Town *** Cape Town International Airport * Cable transport in Cape Town **

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cable car transportation system offering visitors a five-minute ride to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of Cape Town's most popular tourist attractions with approximately ...

* Maritime transport in Cape Town **

Port of Cape Town The Port of Cape Town is the port of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in Table Bay. Because of its position along one of the world's busiest trade routes it is one of the busiest ports in South Africa, handling the largest amo ...

* Road transport in Cape Town ** Buses in Cape Town ***

Golden Arrow Bus Services Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) is the major public transport bus service operator for Cape Town, South Africa, providing commuter bus services throughout a large part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan area. Founded in 1861, and owned ...

***

MyCiTi MyCiti is a bus rapid transit service with feeders, which forms part of a greater Integrated Public Transport driven economic development strategy of the City of Cape Town Municipality (CoCT) in South Africa. The service is being rolled out ac ...

** Roads in Cape Town *** Peninsula Expressway *** R300 ** Trolleybuses in Cape Town *** Trolleybuses in Cape Town

Rail transport in Cape Town

Rail transport in Cape Town * Blue Train * Commuter rail lines ** Metrorail Western Cape ***

Cape Flats Line The Cape Flats Line is a commuter rail line in Cape Town, South Africa, operated by Metrorail Western Cape. It connects central Cape Town with the suburbs of Pinelands, Athlone, Lansdowne, Ottery and Retreat. Route The Cape Flats Line servic ...

*** Central Line *** Northern Line *** Southern Line * Railway stations in Cape Town ** Cape Town railway station * Trams in Cape Town

Education in Cape Town

Education in Cape Town Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

* Libraries in Cape Town **

Central Library Cape Town Central Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of 104 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services. Central Library includes lending and reference services as well as special ...

University of Cape Town Libraries University of Cape Town Libraries (UCT Libraries) is the library system of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. The library system holds roughly 1.2 million print volumes and over 100,500 print and online journal subscriptio ...

* Universities and colleges in Cape Town ** Cape Peninsula University of Technology ** University of Cape Town ** University of the Western Cape * Schools in Cape Town **

Cape Town High School Cape Town High School is a public English medium co-educational high school in the inner city of Cape Town in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Sou ...

Healthcare in Cape Town

Healthcare in Cape Town * Hospitals in Cape Town ** Alexandra Hospital ** Groote Schuur Hospital **

Karl Bremer Hospital Karl Bremer Hospital is a hospital, situated in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It was opened in 1956 with one ward. It was originally an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University and was utilised for this purpose u ...

** Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital ** Somerset Hospital **

Tygerberg Hospital Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds. It acts as ...

** Valkenberg Hospital

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