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Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa and the country's oldest city, seat of the Parliament of South Africa, on the Cape Peninsula at the southwestern tip of the African continent.

Facts
Population
4,772,846 1
Area (sq km)
2461 1
Founding Year
1652 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Latitude
33.92528 degrees south 1
Longitude
18.42389 degrees east 1
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Associated With

South Africa, Countries
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Capital Of

South Africa, Countries

Cape Town is South Africa's legislative capital, seat of Parliament; South Africa has three capitals, Pretoria (executive) and Bloemfontein (judicial) are the other two, neither yet minted in this atlas. Same split-capital treatment ChangeLog 3311 gave Colombo/Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte for Sri Lanka.

Source Cape Town (Wikipedia)

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Africa, Continents
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1. Cape Town (Wikipedia)
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Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa
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4,772,846
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Metro (2022)
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2,461 km2 (950 sq mi)
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33°55'31"S 18°25'26"E
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33°55'31"S 18°25'26"E
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Founded 6 April 1652
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South Africa
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Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
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