Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad , [ 'k ?: pstat] ; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second largest urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province.
As the seat of South African Parliament, it is also the state legislative capital. It is part of the municipality of metropolitan Cape Town. The city is famous for its harbor, for its natural setting on the Cape Floristic Region, and for famous landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. In 2014, this is the 10th most populous city in Africa and home to 64% of the Western Cape population. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and expatriates to South Africa. The city is named World Design Capital for 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design. By 2014, Cape Town is named the best place in the world to be visited by the American New York Times and English Daily Telegraph .
Located on the edge of Table Bay, Cape Town, as the oldest urban area in South Africa, was first developed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a winning supply station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India and the Far East. The arrival of Jan van Riebeeck on 6 April 1652 formed the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly surpassed its original goal as the first European post at Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural center of the Cape Colony. Until Witwatersrand Gold Rush and Johannesburg development, Cape Town is the largest city in South Africa.
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The earliest known remains of the region are found in the Peers Cave in Fish Hoek and date between 15,000 and 12,000 years ago. Little is known about the history of the first inhabitants of the region, as there is no written history of the area before it was first mentioned by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 who was the first European to reach the area and named it the "Cape of Storm" (Cabo das Tormentas ). He was later replaced by John II of Portugal as the "Cape of Good Hope" (Cabo da Boa EsperanÃÆ'§a) because of the great optimism posed by the opening of sea routes to India and the East. Vasco da Gama recorded the appearance of the Cape of Good Hope in 1497. At the end of the 16th century, the Portuguese, the French, the Danish, the Dutch and the English, but mainly Portuguese ships regularly stopped at Table Bay on the way to the Indies. They trade in tobacco, copper and iron with Khoikhoi in exchange for fresh meat.
In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the Dutch East Indies Company (Netherlands: Verenigde Oost-indische Compagnie , VOC) were sent to the Cape to establish a station - the way for ships sailing to the Indies, and Fort de Goede Hoop (later replaced by Castle of Good Hope). The settlement grew slowly during this period, as it was difficult to find adequate labor. This labor shortage encourages the authorities to import slaves from Indonesia and Madagascar. Many of them became the ancestors of the first Cape Coloured community. Under Van Riebeeck and his successors as the VOC commander and governor on the Cape, useful plants were introduced to the Cape - in the process of changing the natural environment forever. Some of them, including grapes, cereals, peanuts, potatoes, apples and oranges, have an important and lasting effect on the community and the local economy.
The Dutch Republic was transformed in the revolutionary French Republic of France, the Great Britain moved to control its colonies. England captured Cape Town in 1795, but the Cape was returned to the Netherlands by treaty in 1803. British troops occupied the Cape again in 1806 after the Battle of Blaauwberg. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, Cape Town was permanently handed over to England. It became the capital of the newly formed Cape Colony, whose territory grew enormously through the 1800s. With the expansion comes a call for greater independence from Britain, with Cape reaching its own parliament (1854) and a locally responsible Prime Minister (1872). Eligibility is set by Non-racial Quality, but sexy.
The discovery of diamonds at Griqualand West in 1867, and Witwatersrand Gold Rush in 1886, prompted the flood of immigrants to South Africa. The conflict between the Boer republic in the interior and the British colonial government resulted in the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, which England won. In 1910, the British established the South African Union, which united the Cape Colony with two defeated Boer Republic and British colonies of Christmas. Cape Town became the Union's legislative capital, and then the Republic of South Africa.
In the national elections of 1948, the National Party won the apartheid platform (racial segregation) under the slogan "swart gevaar". This leads to erosion and ultimately the abolition of the Cape multiral franchise, as well as the Group Area Act, which classifies all areas according to race. Earlier Cape Town's multi-racial suburbs were cleared of unlawful or demolished inhabitants. The most famous example in Cape Town is the District Six. Having been declared the only white area in 1965, all the housing there was destroyed and more than 60,000 people were forcibly removed. Many of these residents moved to Cape Flats and Lavender Hill. Under apartheid, the Cape is considered a "color labor preference area", with the exclusion of "Bantus", which is African.
School students from Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga in Cape Town reacted against news of protest against Education in Soweto in June 1976 and arranged meetings and parades greeted with resistance from the police. A number of school buildings were burned down.
Cape Town is home to many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement. On Robben Island, a former 10 kilometer (6 miles) prison island from the city, many famous political prisoners are held over the years. In one of the most famous moments that marked the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela made his first public address since his imprisonment, from the balcony of Cape Town City Hall a few hours after it was released on February 11, 1990. His speech was touting the beginning of a new era. for the country, and the first democratic election, held four years later, on April 27, 1994. Nobel Square in Victoria & amp; Alfred Waterfront features statues of four South African Nobel Peace Prize winners: Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Since 1994, the city has struggled with problems such as drugs, a recent surge in drug-related crime and gang violence. At the same time, the economy has soared to an unprecedented level due to the explosion in the field of tourism and the real estate industry. With a Gini coefficient of 0.67, Cape Town has the highest level of equality in South Africa.
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Geography
Cape Town is located at 33.55 ° S (approximately equal to Sydney and Buenos Aires and is equivalent to Casablanca and Los Angeles in the Northern Hemisphere) and longitude 18.25 ° E. Table Mountain, with vertical cliffs near and flat-topped over 1,000m (3,300ft) tall, and with Devil's Peak and Lion's Head on either side, together form a dramatic mountainous backdrop surrounding the central Cape Town area, called the City Bowl. Thin strips of clouds, known as "tablecloths", sometimes form on mountain tops. To the south directly, Cape Peninsula is a beautiful mountainous mountain jutted 40 kilometers (25 miles) south into the Atlantic Ocean and ends at Cape Point. There are over 70 peaks above 300 m (980 ft) in Cape Town's official city limits. Many of the suburbs are located on a large plain called Cape Flats, which stretches more than 50 kilometers (30 miles) east and joins the peninsula to the mainland. The Cape Town region is characterized by extensive coastlines, bumpy mountains, coastal plains, inland valleys and semi-desert suburbs.
Robben Island
UNESCO declared Robben Island in the Western Cape as a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located on Table Bay, about 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Bloubergstrand in Cape Town, and is about 30 m above sea level. Robben Island has been used as a prison in which people were isolated, exiled and exiled for nearly 400 years. It is also used as a colony of lepers, post offices, grazing lands, mental hospitals, and outposts.
Currently visitors can only access the island via the Robben Island Museum boat service, which runs three times a day until the start of the peak season (1 September). Ferries depart from Nelson Mandela Gateway at V & amp; A Waterfront. Boat trips to Robben's Island can be rough and cold, depending on what time you go.
Climate
Cape Town has a warm Mediterranean climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Csb ), with mild wet and wet winters and warm, dry summers. The winter, which runs from early June to late August, may see a large cold front enter a limited period of the Atlantic Ocean with significant rainfall and strong northwest winds. Winter in the city averages a maximum of 18.0 ° C (64 ° F) and a minimum of 8.5 ° C (47 ° F) The total annual rainfall in the city averages 515 millimeters (20.3 inches ). The summer, which runs from early December to March, is warm and dry with a maximum average of 26.0 ° C (79 ° F) and a minimum of 16.0 ° C (61 ° F). This area can get hot when Angin Berg, which means "mountain breeze", blows from the Karoo interior for several weeks in February or early March. The late spring and early summer generally have strong winds from the southeast, known locally as south-easter or Cape Doctors, so-called because it blows air pollution. This wind is caused by a high pressure system located in the South Atlantic in the west of Cape Town, known as the South Atlantic. Cape Town receives 3,100 hours of sunshine per year.
Water temperatures vary greatly, between 10 ° C (50 ° F) on the Atlantic Seaboard, up to more than 22 ° C (72 ° F) in False Bay. The average annual ocean temperature is between 13 ° C (55 ° F) on the Atlantic Seaboard (similar to California waters, such as San Francisco or Big Sur), and 17 ° C, (63 ° F) in False Bay (similar to Northern Mediterranean temperatures, such as Nice or Monte Carlo).
By 2018 Cape Town is experiencing a water crisis, following a drought that began in 2015, which is said to be the worst that the region has experienced in a hundred years. Although Zero Day (the day when Cape Town taps will dry) is now pushed back to 2019, the water crisis is still there and the population still has to follow strict restrictions. If Zero Day is reached next year, the city taps will be turned off and people will have to line up at the tap allocated in the city for the daily 25 liters (6.6 gallon US) daily limit.
Flora and fauna
Situated in the unique CI Biodiversity hotspot as well as Cape Floristic Region, Cape Town has one of the highest biodiversity levels in the world's equivalent. This protected area is a World Heritage Site, and an estimated 2,200 plant species are confined to Table Mountain - more than in the whole of the United Kingdom which has 1,200 plant species and 67 endemic plant species. Many of these species, including many types of proteas, are endemic to the mountain and can not be found elsewhere.
It is home to a total of 19 different vegetation types, where some actually plague into the city and occur elsewhere in the world. It is also the only habitat for hundreds of endemic species, and hundreds of others that are very limited or threatened. The immense diversity of species is primarily because the city is uniquely situated at the convergence point of different soils and micro climates.
Table Mountain has an incredibly rich biodiversity. Its vegetation consists mainly of some unique and rich species of Cape Fynbos. The main vegetation species is the endangered Fynbos Stone of the Peninsula, but the highly endangered Peninsula Fynbos Granite, the Peninsula Shale Renosterveld and Afromontane forest occur in smaller portions on the mountain.
Unfortunately, rapid population growth and urban sprawl have covered most of these ecosystems with development. As a result, Cape Town now has over 300 endangered plant species and 13 now extinct. The Cape Peninsula, located entirely within the city of Cape Town, has the highest concentration of endangered species of any continental region of equal size in the world. Small remains of endangered or endangered plants often survive on the sides of roads, sidewalks and sports fields. The remaining ecosystems are partially protected through a system of over 30 nature reserves - including the large Table Mountain National Park.
Suburbs
The urban geography of Cape Town is influenced by the contours of Table Mountain, the surrounding peaks, the Durbanville Hills, and the vast lowland area known as Cape Flats. This geographical feature partially divides the city into some generally known suburbs (equivalent to districts outside South Africa), many of which evolve historically together and share common attributes of language and culture.
City Bowl
The City Bowl is a natural amphitheater area bounded by Table Bay and is determined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain, and Devil's Peak.
This area includes Cape Town's central business district, harbor, Corporate Park, and De Waterkant suburbs, Devil's Peak, District Six, Zonnebloem, Gardens, Bo-Kaap, Higgovale, Oranjezicht, Schotsche Kloof, Tamboerskloof, Plantation University, Vredehoek, Walmer Estate , and Woodstock.
Atlantic Seaboard
The Atlantic Seaboard is located west of Cape Town and Table Mountain, and is characterized by beaches, cliffs, promenades and hillside communities. This area includes, from north to south, Green Point neighborhood, Mouille Point, Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point, Fresnaye, Bantry Bay, Clifton, Camps Bay, Llandudno and Hout Bay. The Atlantic Seaboard has some of the most expensive real estate in South Africa especially in Nettleton and Clifton Roads in Clifton, Ocean View Drive and St Leon Avenue in Bantry Bay, Theresa Avenue in Bakoven and Fishermans Bend in Llandudno. Camps Bay is home to the highest concentration of multimillionaires in Cape Town and has the highest number of luxury homes in South Africa with more than 155 housing units exceeding R20 million (or $ AS1.8 million).
West Coast
The West Coast is located along the coast north of downtown Cape Town, and includes Bloubergstrand, Milnerton, Tableview, West Beach, Big Bay, Sunset Beach, Sunningdale, Parklands and Parklands North as well as exurbs of Atlantis and Melkbosstrand. Koeberg Nuclear Power Station is located within this area and the maximum housing density regulation is enforced in most areas around the nuclear plant.
Northern Suburbs
The Northern Suburbs are African-speaking, and include Bellville, Kanonberg, Bothasig, Brooklyn, Burgundy Estate, Durbanville, Edgemead, Elsie River, Factreton, Goodwood, Kensington, Maitland, Monte Vista, Panorama, Parow, Richwood, Table View; Welgemoed. The Northern Suburbs is home to Tygerberg Hospital, the largest hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest in South Africa
Southern Suburbs
The Southern Suburb embraces along the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, southeast of the city center. The area has a mixed language but most speak English, and includes, from north to south, Rondebosch, Pinelands, Thornton, Newlands, Mowbray, Observatory, Bishopscourt, Claremont, Lansdowne, Wynberg, Plumstead, Hout Bay, Ottery and Bergvliet. West of Wynberg lies Constantia which, in addition to being a rich neighborhood, is a leading wine growing region in the City of Cape Town. Constantia not only offers a pleasant suburban lifestyle, but also attracts tourists to its famous wine farm and Cape Dutch architecture.
South Peninsula
The South Peninsula is generally considered to be the southern area of ​​Muizenberg in False Bay and Noordhoek in the Atlantic Ocean, all the way to Cape Point. To date, this predominantly English-speaking region is quite rural, but residents of the region are growing rapidly as new coastal developments proliferate and larger plots are further divided to provide more compact housing. These include the Capri Village, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Glencairn, Kalk Bay, Kommetjie, Masiphumelele, Muizenberg, Noordhoek, Seascape, Scarborough, Simon City, St James, Sunnydale, and Valley of the Sun. South Africa's largest naval base is located in the port of Simon's Town, and nearby is Boulders Beach, where a large colony of African penguins.
Eastern Suburbs
The Eastern Suburbs is located southeast of the Afrikaans-speaking neighborhood of Northern Suburbs, outside the airport, and is primarily the site of several new subsidized housing projects as well as Afrikaans. Communities include Fairdale, Brackenfell, Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Blue Downs, Belhar, Delft, Mfuleni, and Protea Hoogte.
Cape Cape
The Cape Flats (Die Kaapse Vlakte in Afrikaans) is a large, lowland African speaking area, and lies southeast of Cape Town's central business district. From the 1950s the area became home to people whose apartheid government was designated as non-White and has been described by some as the 'place of exile Apartheid'. Racially-based laws such as the Group Area Act and applicable law are forcing non-white people out of the more urban centers destined for whites and government-built cities in Flats or living in an illegal area, forcing many people designated Black and Color into informal settlements elsewhere in Flats.
Since then the Flats have been home to most of the residents of Greater Cape Town. These areas include the Mitchell Plains neighborhood, Athlone, Elsie River, Hanover Park, Bishop Lavis, Manenberg, Strandfontein, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Langa, and Khayelitsha.
Helderberg
Helderberg consists of Somerset West, Strand, Gordons Bay, and several other cities. The district takes its name from the Helderberg Mountains, which is Afrikaans for "clear mountains", and culminates at an altitude of 1,137 meters (3,730 feet) as The Dome.
Government
The local government of Cape Town is the City of Cape Town, which is a metropolitan municipality. Cape Town is governed by a 221-member city council. The city is divided into 111 electoral wards; each ward directly elects one member of the council, while another 110 council members are elected by the party's proportional representation system. The Executive Mayor and Executive Vice Mayor are elected by the city council.
In local government elections May 18, 2011, the Alliance of Democracy (DA) won an immediate majority, taking 135 of the 221 council seats. The African National Congress, the national ruling party, received 73 seats. As a result of this victory, Patricia de Lille, the mayor of DA, was inaugurated as the Mayor of the Executive on 1 June.
Demographics
According to the 2011 South African National Census, the population of the City of Cape Town, the metropolitan municipality - an area that includes suburbs and suburbs that are not always considered a part of Cape Town - is 3,740,026 people. This represents an annual growth rate of 2.6% compared with the results of the previous census in 2001 which found a population of 2,892,243. The sex ratio is 96, which means that there are fewer women than men. 42.4% of the population described themselves as "Colorized", 15.7% as "White", 38.6% as "Black Africa", 1.4% as "India or Asia" and 1.9 as "Other ".
In 1944, 47% of the city's population was White, 46% Colored, less than 6% were African blacks and 1% were Asian. Of the population asked about their first language, 35.7% speak Afrikaans, 29.8% speak Xhosa and 28.4% speak English. 24.8% of the population is under 15 years of age, while 5.5% are 65 years of age or older.
Of those aged 20 years or over, 1.8% were out of school, 8.1% had school but did not complete primary school, 4.6% finished primary school but did not have high school, 38.9% had high school but no completed Class 12, 29.9% finished Class 12 but did not have a college education, and 16.7% had higher education. Overall, 46.6% had at least a Class 12 education. Of those aged between 5 and 25, 67.8% attended educational institutions. Among those aged between 15 and 65 the unemployment rate was 23.7%. The average annual household income is R161,762.
There are 1,068,573 households in the municipality, giving an average size of 3.3 households. Of these households, 78.4% are in formal structures (houses or flats), while 20.5% are in informal structures (huts). 94.0% of households use electricity for lighting. 87.3% of households have tap water to the residence, while 12.0% have tap water through a communal tap. 94.9% of households have regular waste collection services. 91.4% of households have flush toilets or chemical toilets, while 4.5% still use bucket toilets. 82.1% of households have refrigerators, 87.3% have television and 70.1% own a radio. Only 34.0% have landline phones, but 91.3% have phones. 37.9% have computers, and 49.3% have access to the Internet (either via computer or mobile phone).
Economy
Cape Town is the economic center of the Western Cape Province, South Africa's second major economic center and the third major economic center of Africa. It serves as a regional manufacturing center in the Western Cape. In 2011, the city's GDP was US $ 56.8 billion with GDP per capita of US $ 15,721. In the five years prior to 2014, Cape Town GDP grew an average of 3.7% per year. As the proportion of GDP in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors has declined while finance, business services, transport and logistics have grown reflecting growth in the specialized services sector of the local economy. Fishing, clothing and textiles, manufacturing wood products, electronics, furniture, hotels, finance and business services are the industries where Cape Town's economy has the greatest comparative advantage.
Between 2001 and 2010 the Gini coefficient of the city, the size of inequality, increased by decreasing from 0.59 in 2007 to 0.57 in 2010 only increased to 0.67 in 2011/12.
Cape Town has recently enjoyed a booming real estate and construction market, as the 2010 World Cup and many people buy summer homes in the city or move there permanently. Cape Town hosts nine World Cup matches: Six first round matches, one second round match, one quarter final and one semifinal round. The central business district is under a vast urban renewal program, with many new buildings and renovations taking place under the guidance of the Cape Town Partnership.
Cape Town has four main commercial vertices, with the Cape Town Central Business District containing most job opportunities and office space. Century City, Bellville/TygerValley and Claremont commercial nodes are well established and contain many corporate offices and headquarters as well. Most of the companies headquartered in the city are insurance companies, retail groups, publishers, design houses, fashion designers, shipping companies, petrochemical companies, architects and advertising agencies. The city's most prominent corporations are food retailers and fashion Woolworths, supermarket chains Pick n Pay Stores and Shoprite, New Clicks Holdings Limited, fashion retailers Foschini Group, MWEB, Mediclinic International, etv, mass media giants Naspers, and financial services giant Sanlam. Other well known companies include Belron (glass repair vehicle and replacement group operating worldwide), CapeRay (developing, producing and supplying medical imaging equipment for the diagnosis of breast cancer), Fruit Ceres Juice (yielding fruit juices and other fruit-based products), Dana Coronation Manager (third party fund management company), ICS (is one of the largest meat processing and distribution companies in the world), Vida e CaffÃÆ'¨ (chain of coffee retailers), Capitec Bank (commercial bank in South Africa Republic). The city is a manufacturing base for several multi-national companies including, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Levi Strauss & amp; Co, Adidas, Bokomo Foods, and Nampak.
Most of the products are handled through the Port of Cape Town or Cape Town International Airport. Most major shipbuilding companies have offices and manufacturing locations in Cape Town. The province is also a center for energy development for the country, with Koeberg nuclear power station providing energy for Western Cape needs.
The Western Cape is an important tourist area in South Africa; the tourism industry contributes 9.8% of the province's GDP and employs 9.6% of the province's workforce. In 2010, more than 1.5 million international tourists visited the area.
With the number of information technology companies most successful in Africa, Cape Town is an important center for the industry in this continent. Growing at an annual rate of 8.5% and an estimate of R77 billion in 2010 nationwide the IT industry in Cape Town is becoming increasingly important for the city's economy.
The city has recently been named the most entrepreneurial city in South Africa, with the percentage of Capetonians population chasing business opportunities nearly three times higher than the national average. Those between the ages of 18 and 64 are 190% more likely to pursue new business, while in Johannesburg, the same demographic group is only 60% more likely than the national average to pursue new business.
Tourism
Cape Town is not only a popular international tourist destination in South Africa, but Africa as a whole. This is because of its cool climate, natural environment, and well-developed infrastructure. The city has some famous natural features that attract tourists, especially Table Mountain, which is a large part of Table Mountain National Park and is the back end of the City Bowl. Reaching the top of the mountain can be reached by climbing, or by using Table Mountain Cableway. Cape Point is recognized as a dramatic headland at the tip of the Cape Peninsula. Many travelers also drove along Chapman's Peak Drive, a narrow road connecting Noordhoek with Hout Bay, for views of the Atlantic Ocean and nearby mountains. You can drive or hike Signal Hill for a closer look at City Bowl and Table Mountain.
Many tourists also visit Cape Town beaches, which are popular among locals. Due to the city's unique geography, it is possible to visit several different beaches on the same day, each with a different atmosphere and atmosphere. Although Cape waters range from cold to light, the difference between the two sides of the city is dramatic. While Atlantic Seaboard averages the annual water temperature almost above that of the California coast around 13Ã, ° C (55Ã,  ° F), the False Bay coast is much warmer, averaging between 16 and 17Ã,  ° C (61 and 63Ã,  ° F) every year. This is similar to water temperatures in most Northern Mediterranean (eg Nice). In summer, Teluk Salah water averages slightly above 20 ° C (68 ° F), with 22  ° C (72  ° F) common height. Beaches located on the Atlantic Coast tend to have very cold water due to the Benguela stream originating from the Southern Ocean, while water on the False Bay coast may be warmer to 10 ° C (18 ° F) at the same time. moment due to the influence of warm Agulhas currents, and the effects of surface warming from the Easter South wind. It is a common misconception that False Bay is part of the Indian Ocean, with Cape Point being the meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, and the southernmost tip of Africa. The oceans actually meet at the southernmost tip, Cape Agulhas, which lies about 150 kilometers (93 miles) to the southeast. This misconception is fueled by the relative warmth of the Gulf of False waters into the Atlantic waters, and many of the bewildering examples of "Two Seas" in a name identical to Cape Town, such as Two Oceans Marathon, Two Oceans Aquarium, and venues like the Two Oceans vineyard.
Both beaches are equally popular, though the beaches of prosperous Clifton and elsewhere on the Atlantic Coast are better developed with restaurants and cafà © s, with the strips of restaurants and bars accessible to the beach at Camps Bay. The Atlantic Coast, known as Rivera Cape Town, is considered one of the most beautiful routes in South Africa. The majestic slopes of the Twelve Apostles to the unspoiled rocks and white sand beach of Llandudno, which ends in Hout Bay - a bustling suburb with harbors and seal island. This fishing village is flanked by the beautiful Constantia valley and the picturesque Chapmans Peak drive. Boulders Beach near Simon's Town is known for its African penguin colony. Surfing is very popular and the city hosts a Red Bull Big Wave Africa surfing competition every year.
The city has some famous cultural attractions. The Victoria & amp; Alfred Waterfront, built over the harbor port section of Cape Town, is the most visited tourist attraction in the city. It is also one of the city's most popular shopping spots, with several hundred stores and Two Oceans Aquarium. V & amp; A also hosts Nelson Mandela Gateway, where the ferry departs to Robben Island. It is possible to take a ferry from V & amp; A to Hout Bay, Simon's Town and the Cape seals colony on Seals and Duiker Islands. Some companies offer tours to Cape Flats, mostly colored cities, and Khayelitsha, a mostly black city.
Cape Town is famous for its architectural heritage, with the highest density of Cape Dutch-style buildings in the world. The Cape Dutch style, which combines Dutch, German, French and Indonesian architectural traditions, is most visible in Constantia, the old government building in the Central Business District, and along Long Street. The annual carnival Cape Town Minstrel, also known as the Afrikaansnya Kaapse Klopse , is a major festival festival held annually on January 2nd or "Tweede Nuwe Jaar" (Afrikaans: Year New Second). Compete the parade parade team in brightly colored costumes, perform Cape Jazz, either carrying colorful umbrellas or playing various musical instruments. Artscape Theater Center is the largest performing arts venue in Cape Town.
The city also encloses 36 hectares of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens containing natural forest and protected fynbos along with various animals and birds. There are over 7,000 species in cultivation in Kirstenbosch, including many rare and endangered species in the Cape Floristic Region. In 2004 This region, including Kirstenbosch, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Cape Town's transport system links it all over South Africa; it serves as a gateway to other destinations within the province. Cape Winelands and in particular the towns of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek are popular day trips from the city for sightseeing and wine tasting. Whale watching is popular with tourists: southern right whales and humpback whales are seen offshore during the mating season (August to November) and Bryde whales and killer whales can be seen anytime of the year. The nearby town of Hermanus is known as the Whale Festival, but whales can also be seen in False Bay. The Heaviside dolphins are endemic to the area and can be seen from the north coast of Cape Town; greenish dolphins live on the same beach and can sometimes be seen from the ferry to Robben Island.
The only complete windmill in South Africa is Mostert's Mill, Mowbray. It was built in 1796 and restored in 1935 and back in 1995.
The most popular areas for visitors to stay include Camps Bay, Sea Point, V & amp; A Waterfront, City Bowl, Hout Bay, Constantia, Rondebosch, Newlands, Somerset West, Hermanus and Stellenbosch.
In November 2013, Cape Town was voted the best global city in The Daily Telegraph's Annual Travel Awards.
Tourism marketing
The city of Cape Town works closely with Cape Town Tourism to promote both local and international cities. The main focus of Cape Town Tourism is to represent Cape Town as a tourist destination. Cape Town Tourism receives a portion of its funding from Cape Town Town while the rest consists of membership fees and self-generated funds.
Communications and media
Some newspapers, magazines, and printing facilities have their offices in the city. The Independent News and Media publishes major English-language papers in the city, Cape Argus
Cape Town has many local community newspapers. Some of the largest community newspapers in English are Athlone News of Athlone, Atlantic Sun , Constantiaberg Bulletin from Constantiaberg, City Vision > from Bellville, False Bay Echo from False Bay, Helderberg Sun from Helderberg, Plainsman from Michells Plain, Sentinel News > from Hout Bay, Southern Mail from South Peninsula, Southern Suburbs Tatler from Southern Suburbs, Table Talk from Table View and Tygertalk from Tygervalley/Durbanville. Afrikaans community newspapers include Landbou-Burger and Tygerburger . Vukani , based in Cape Flats, was published in Xhosa.
Cape Town is the center for major broadcast media with several radio stations that are only broadcast within the city. 94.5 Kfm (94.5 MHz FM) and Good Hope FM (94-97 MHz FM) mostly play pop music. Heart FM (104.9 MHz FM), former P4 Radio, plays jazz and R & amp; B, while Fine Music Radio (101.3 FM) plays classical music and jazz. Bush Radio is a community radio station (89.5 MHz FM). The Voice of the Cape (95.8 MHz FM) and Cape Talk (567 kHz MW) are the main talk radio stations in the city. Bokradio (98.9 MHz FM) is an Afrikaans music station. The University of Cape Town also runs its own radio station, UCT Radio (104.5 MHz FM).
The SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) has a small presence in the city, with a satellite studio located at Sea Point. e.tv has a larger presence, with a large complex located in Longkloof Studios in Gardens. M-Net is not represented with infrastructure in the city. Cape Town TV is a local TV station, supported by many organizations and mostly focusing on documentaries. Many production companies and supporting industries are located in the city, mostly supporting overseas advertising production, shooting models, TV series and movies. Local media infrastructure remains in Johannesburg.
Sports
The most popular sports in Cape Town with participation are cricket, association, swimming and rugby football. In a rugby union, Cape Town is the home of the West Province side, who play at Newlands Stadium and compete in the Currie Cup. In addition, the Western Province players (along with some from Wellington's Boland Cavaliers) consist of the Stormers in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Cape Town also regularly hosts the national team, the Springboks, and organizes matches during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, including opening and match ceremonies, as well as the semifinals between New Zealand and England that saw Jonah Lomu run in four trials.
The association football, better known as football in South Africa, is also popular. Two clubs from Cape Town play in Premier Soccer League (PSL), South Africa's premier league. These teams are Ajax Cape Town, formed as a result of the seventh-year amalgamation of the Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs and Cape Town City FC Cape Town is also the site of several FIFA World Cup 2010 matches including the semi-finals, held in Africa South. Mother City built a new 70,000-seat stadium (Cape Town Stadium) in the Green Point area.
In cricket, Cape Cobra represents Cape Town at Newlands Cricket Ground. The team is the result of a merger of the West Province Cricket team and the Boland Cricket. They take part in the Supersport and Standard Bank Cup Series. The Newlands Cricket Ground regularly hosts international matches.
Cape Town has Olympic aspirations. For example, in 1996, Cape Town was one of five candidate cities selected by the IOC to launch an official candidate to host the 2004 Summer Olympics. Although the game eventually went to Athens, Cape Town was in third place. There is some speculation that Cape Town is looking for a South African Olympic Committee nomination as South Africa's bid city for the Summer Olympics in 2020. But it was canceled when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2020 match to Tokyo.
Sports event
The city of Cape Town has extensive experience in organizing national and international sporting events.
The Cape Town Cycle Tour is the world's largest individual-scale cycle race - and the first event outside Europe to be included in the International Bicycle Cycling International Series. It sees over 35,000 cyclists handling the 109 km (68 mi) route around Cape Town. The Absa Cape Epic is the largest full-service mountain bike race in the world.
Several important events organized by Cape Town include the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Cricket 2003 ICC World Cup and World Championships in various sports such as athletics, fencing, heavy lifting, hockey, cycling, canoeing, gymnastics and others.
Cape Town is also the host city for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from 11 June to 11 July 2010, further enhancing its profile as a major event city. It was also one of the host cities of the cricket tournament India Premier League 2009.
Education
Public primary and secondary schools in Cape Town are run by the Western Cape Department of Education. The provincial department is divided into seven districts; four of them are the "Metropole" districts - Central, North, South and East Metropole - covering the various areas of the city. There are also many private schools, both religious and secular, in Cape Town.
Tertiary education
Cape Town has a high and well-developed university system. Cape Town is served by three public universities: the University of Cape Town (UCT), the University of Western Cape (UWC) and the Cape Peninsula Technology University (CPUT). The University of Stellenbosch, while not in the city itself, is 50 kilometers from the City Bowl and has an additional campus, such as the Faculty of Medicine and Health Tygerberg and Bellville Business Park closer to the City.
Both the University of Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch are the leading universities in South Africa. This is largely due to the substantial financial contributions provided to these institutions by both the public and private sectors. UCT is an English-speaking institution. It has over 21,000 students and has an MBA program ranked 51st by the Financial Times in 2006. It is also a top-ranked university in Africa, being the only African university to list the top 200 universities in the world at 146 Since the African National Congress has become a power of government, some Western Cape university restructurings have taken place and as such, universities traditionally non-whites have increased financing, which has benefited the University of the Western Cape.
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology community was formed on January 1, 2005, when two separate agencies - Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon - were merged. The new university offers education primarily in English, although one can take courses in one of the official languages ​​of South Africa. This institution generally gives awards to the National Diploma.
Cape Town has also become a popular overseas study destination for many international students. Many overseas providers offer semester, summer, short-term and internship programs in partnership with universities in Cape Town as an opportunity for international students to gain intercultural understanding.
Transport
Air
Cape Town International Airport serves both domestic and international flights. It is the second largest airport in South Africa and serves as a major gateway for travelers to the Cape region. Cape Town has direct flights to most cities in South Africa as well as a number of international destinations.
The Cape Town International Airport recently opened a new terminal building that was developed to handle the expected increase in air traffic due to the increasing amount of tourism ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Other renovations include several large new parking garages, a revamped domestic departure terminal, a system of stations New Rapid Transit bus and new terraced road system. Airport cargo facilities are also being expanded and some large vacant lots are being developed into office and hotel spaces.
Cape Town International Airport is one of the World Travel Awards winners for being the leading airport in Africa.
Sea
Cape Town has a long tradition as a port city. Cape Town Harbor, the city's main harbor, is on Table Bay just north of the central business district. The harbor is a hub for ships in the south Atlantic: located in one of the world's busiest shipping corridors. It is also a busy container port, second in South Africa just to Durban. In 2004, it handled 3,161 vessels and 9.2 million tons of cargo.
Simon's Town Harbor on False Bay beach on Cape Peninsula is the main operational base of the South African Navy.
Rel
The Shosholoza Meyl is a Spoornet passenger train operation and operates two long-distance passenger train services from Cape Town: daily services to and from Johannesburg via Kimberley and weekly services to and from Durban via Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg. The train stops at Cape Town railway station and stops briefly at Bellville. Cape Town is also one end of the tourist-oriented Blue Train as well as the five-star Rails Rovos.
Metrorail operates a commuter train service in Cape Town and the surrounding area. The Metrorail network consists of 96 stations throughout the suburbs and the outskirts of Cape Town.
Road
Cape Town is the origin of three national roads. N1 and N2 start in the coastal area near the city center.
N1 runs ENE as a highway through Edgemead, Parow, Bellville, and Brackenfell. It connects Cape Town to Paarl and the big cities in the interior - Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Zimbabwe. A street in an older class, R101, runs parallel to the N1 from Bellville.
N2 runs ESE as a highway through Rondebosch, Guguletu, Khayelitsha, Makasar to Somerset West. It becomes some way in the path of the class from the junction with R44 and so on. N2 continues east along the coast, connecting Cape Town to the coastal towns of Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban. The older road in its class, R101, runs parallel with the N1 initially, before turning south at Bellville, to join the N2 at Somerset West through the outskirts of the River Shrine and the Eerste River.
The N7 comes from the N1 at the Wingfield Interchange near Edgemead. It runs north, initially as a highway, but becomes a first-class street from the intersection with M5 (Potsdam Rd) and so on. It connects Cape Town with the Northern Cape and Namibia Provinces.
There are also a number of two and three-digit regional routes that connect Cape Town with the surrounding area. R27 comes from N1 near Foreshore and runs northward parallel to the N7, but closer to the shore. It passes the outskirts of Milnerton, Table View and Bloubergstrand and connects City to the West Coast, ending in the town of Velddrif. The R44 enters the eastern metro from the north, from Stellenbosch. It connects Stellenbosch to Somerset West, then crosses N2 to Strand and Gordon's Bay. It's out of the metro to the south that hugs the beach, leading to the towns of Betty's Bay and Kleinmond.
From a three-digit route, the R300, which is informally known as Cape Flats Freeway, is a highway connecting N1 at Brackenfell to N2 near Mitchells Plain and Cape Town International Airport. R302 runs from R102 in Bellville, heading north across N1 via Durbanville leaving the metro to Malmesbury. R304 enters the metro's northern boundary from Stellenbosch, running the NNW before turning west to cross the N7 in Philadelphia to end up at Atlantis at the crossroads with \ sR307. The R307 starts north of Koeberg from R27 and, after meeting R304, continues north to Darling. The R310 comes from Muizenberg and runs along the coast, south of the Mitchell Plain and Khayelitsha, before turning northeast, crossing N2 west of Makassar, and exiting the metro to Stellenbosch.
Cape Town, like most cities in South Africa, uses the Metropolitan or "M" routes for important routes within the city, under the National (N) and Regional (R) route. Each city's M road is independently numbered. Most are streets of the same level. However, M3 separates from N2 and runs south along the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, connecting the City Bowl with Muizenberg. Except for the part between Rondebosch and Newlands that has an in-class crossing, this route is a highway. M5 split from N1 further east than M3, and connect Cape Flats to CBD. This is the highway as far as the intersection with the M68 in Ottery, before it continues as an in-class road.
Cape Town suffers the worst traffic jam in South Africa.
Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT)
Cape Town has a public transport system in about 10% of the city, running north to south along the city's west coastline, which consists of Phase 1 of the IRT system. This is known as the MyCiTi service.
MyCiTi Phase 1 includes services connecting the Airport to the city in Cape Town, as well as the following areas: Blouberg/Table View, Dunoon, Atlantis and Melkbosstrand, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, Century City, Salt River and Walmer Estate, and all suburbs from City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard all the way to Llandudno and Hout Bay.
The MyCiTi N2 Express service consists of two routes each connecting cities within Cape Town and Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain on Cape Flats.
This service uses an articulated high floor and standard-sized bus on special busway, articulated low floors and standard size buses on N2 Express service, and a smaller 9 meter (30 feet) Optare bus in suburban and inner city areas. It offers universal access through boarding and various other sizes, and requires payment of cashless fees using the appropriate EMV smart card system, called myconnect. Headway of services (ie time between buses on the same route) range from 3 minutes to 20 minutes during peak hours up to 60 minutes during quiet off-peak periods.
Taxi
Cape Town has two types of taxis: argo taxi and minibus taxis. Unlike many cities, argo taxis are not allowed to travel around the city to request a rate and otherwise have to be called to a certain location.
Taxi cabs Cape Town meter mostly operate in city bowl, suburb and area of ​​Cape Town International Airport. Large companies that operate a taxi fleet can be reached by phone and are cheaper than a single carrier applying for hire from taxi stands and Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. There are about a thousand yards taxi in Cape Town. Their prices vary from R8 per kilometer to about R15 per kilometer. The larger taxi companies in Cape Town are Excite Taxis, Cabnet and Intercab and single operators reachable by mobile phones. Seventh Toyota Avanza sat is the most popular with larger taxi companies. Taxi meters are mostly used by tourists and are safer to use than taxi minibuses.
Taxi minibuses are the standard form of transportation for the majority of the population who can not afford private vehicles. Although important, these taxis are often not well maintained and often not worth the way. These taxis often stop unscheduled to pick up passengers, which can cause accidents. With the high demand for transportation by the South African working class, minibus taxis are often filled with their legal passenger allowances. Minibuses are generally owned and operated in a fleet.
Twin towns - twin cities
Cape Town has nine twin cities and twin cities:
See also
- Greenmarket Square
- Noon Gun
- OPENCities
References
Note
External links
- The Cape Town City official website
- The official Western Cape website
- Official website of Cape Town Tourism
- Unlimited Cape Town Routes (official Western Cape Tourism website)
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