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Cape Town

Capital of South Africa
Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. Slowly rotating cable cars climb to the mountain’s flat top, from which there are sweeping views of the city, the busy harbor and boats...
Population: 4.618 million (2020)
Currency: the South African rand
Demonym: Capetonian
Founded: 6 April 1652; 372 years ago
GMP (2020): US$121 billion
GMP per capita (2011): US$19,656
Highest elevation: 1,590.4 m (5,217.8 ft)