Cape Toun

Cape Toun (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Inglis: Cape Town; Xhosa: iKapa) is the seicont-maist populous ceety in Sooth Africae,^[6] 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.^[7]

Cape Toun Kaapstad (in Afrikaans) iKapa (in Xhosa)
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 [1]
• Teep	Metropolitan municipality
• Mayor	Patricia de Lille (DA)
• Cooncil	Cape Town Ceety Cooncil
• Ceety manager	Achmat Ebrahim
Area [2]
• 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)[2]
• City	433,688
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
• Metro [3]	3,740,026
• Metro density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Capetonian
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	15.8%
• Coloured	44.6%
• Indian/Asian	3.4%
• White	32.3%
• Other	3.9%
First leids (2011) [2]
• 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)[4]
GDP	US$ 58.9 billion [5]
GDP per capita	US$15,918 [5]
Website	www.capetown.gov.za

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[8]	2000
	Bangkok	2007
	Haifa[9]	1975
	Hangzhou[10]	2005
	Nice[11]	1974
	Saunt Petersburg[12]	2001