Cape Toun
Cape Toun (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Inglis: Cape Town; Xhosa: iKapa) is the seicont-maist populous ceety in Sooth Africae, an the lairgest in land aurie, formin pairt o the Ceety o Cape Toun metropolitan municipality.
It is the provincial caipital an primate ceety o the Wastren Cape, as well as the legislative caipital o Sooth Africae, whaur the Naitional Parliament an mony govrenment offices are locatit. The ceety is famous for its harbour as well as its naitural settin in the Cape floral kinrick, includin such well-kent laundmerks as Table Muntain an Cape Point. Cape Town is an aa Africae's maist popular tourist destination.
Cape Toun Kaapstad (in Afrikaans) iKapa (in Xhosa) | |
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 Clockwise frae tap: Cape Toun CBD, Strand, Clifton beach, Table Moontain, Port o Cape Toun, Cape Toun Ceety Haw | |
 Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): Mother City, Tavern of the Seas | |
| Motto(s): Spes Bona (Laitin for "Guid Haip") | |
| Kintra | Sooth Africae |
| Province | Wastren Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Founded | 1652 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Metropolitan municipality |
| • Mayor | Patricia de Lille (DA) |
| • Cooncil | Cape Town Ceety Cooncil |
| • Ceety manager | Achmat Ebrahim |
| Area | |
| • City | 400.28 km2 (154.55 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2444.97 km2 (944.01 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1590.4 m (5,217.8 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 433,688 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,740,026 |
| • Metro density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Capetonian |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 15.8% |
| • Coloured | 44.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.4% |
| • White | 32.3% |
| • Other | 3.9% |
| First leids (2011) | |
| • Inglis | 67.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 22.5% |
| • Xhosa | 2.7% |
| • Other | 7.1% |
| Postal code (street) | 7400 to 8099 |
| Aurie code | +27 (0)21 |
| HDI |  0.74 High (2010) |
| GDP | US$ 58.9 billion |
| GDP per capita | US$15,918 |
| Website | www |
Locatit on the shore o Table Bay, Cape Toun wis oreeginally developed bi the Dutch East Indie Company as a victuallin (supply) station for Dutch ships sailin tae Eastren Africae, Indie, an the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 Aprile 1652 established the first permanent European dounset in Sooth Africae. Cape Toun quickly ootgrew its oreeginal purpose as the first European ootpost at the Castle o Guid Howp, becomin the economic an cultural hub o the Cape Colony. Till the Witwatersrand Gowd Rush an the development o Johannesburg, Cape Toun wis the lairgest ceety in Sooth Africae.
Twin touns—Sister ceeties
Cape Town haes sax twin touns an sister ceeties, as leetit belaw:
| Kintra | Ceety | Established |
|---|---|---|
 | Aachen | 2000 |
 | Bangkok | 2007 |
 | Haifa | 1975 |
 | Hangzhou | 2005 |
 | Nice | 1974 |
 | Saunt Petersburg | 2001 |
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