The Dutch Cape Colony was a colony started by the Dutch East India Company. The colony was in South Africa, at the Cape of Good Hope.
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 VOC Cape Colony at its largest extent in 1795 |
| Status | Colony under Company rule (1652–1795)
British occupation (1795–1803)
Colony of the Batavian Republic (1803–1806) |
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| Capital | Castle of Good Hope (1st)
Kaapstad (2nd) |
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| Official language | Dutch |
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Common languages | Afrikaans
Xiri
!Orakobab (Korana language)
Khoekhoe
isiXhosa |
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| Religion | Dutch Reformed
native beliefs |
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• 1652–1662 | Jan van Riebeeck |
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• 1662–1666 | Zacharias Wagenaer |
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• 1771–1785 | Joachim van Plettenberg |
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• 1803–1806 | Jan Willem Janssens |
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| Historical era | Imperialism |
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• Establishment of Cape Town | 6 April 1652 |
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• Elevated to Governorate | 1691 |
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• First British occupation | 7 August 1795 |
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• Cape Colony to Dutch rule | 1 March 1803 |
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• Battle of Blaauwberg | 8 January 1806 |
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• 1797 | 61,947 |
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| Currency | Dutch rijksdaalder |
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| Today part of | South Africa |
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