Cape Town
Cape Town is the second biggest city of South Africa. It is also home to the South African Parliament where the country's representatives assemble.
It is at the Cape of Good Hope on the south-west coast. It has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
The city's dominant natural feature is Table Mountain, a mountain with a flat top.
History
It was originally called the "Cape of Storms" by Bartolomeu Dias in 1486,[1] a Portuguese explorer but was changed by King John II of Portugal to "Cape of Good Hope". The town was started as the center of the Dutch Cape Colony in 1652.
Cape Town Media
- F. Benda-The planting of cross by Bartholomew Dias in 1488-0681 (cropped).jpg
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias planting the cross at Cape Point, 1488.
- Adderley Street, Cape Town, looking NE - ca. 1897.jpg
Adderley Street in 1897 was an important commercial hub in Cape Town at a time when the city was the most important centre of economic activity in the Southern Africa region.
- Cape Town foreshore 1946.jpg
An aerial photograph of the newly completed Cape Town foreshore in 1945. Visible in this photograph as the large area of empty land between the City Centre and the newly constructed harbour out of reclaimed land from Table Bay.
- Cape fires (32827624088).jpg
Satellite image of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula (left), Cape Flats and False Bay
- Table Mountain Cape Town South Africa 19Mar2018 SkySat.jpg
3D satellite image of the City Bowl, containing Cape Town CBD, and Table Mountain
- Geological map of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.png
Geological map of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
- Llandudno Beach, Cape Town, Western Cape Province (6252674535).jpg
Llandudno, Western Cape during a sunny day
- Sea surface temperatures False Bay.png
Charts of sea surface temperature in and near False Bay in summer and winter
- Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos - Cape Town 8.JPG
References
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- ↑ "City of Cape Town - CMA Profile - history". Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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