Comments

Cape Town Kaapstad (Afrikaans) iKapa (Xhosa) ǁHui!gaeb (Khoekhoe)
Capital city ( legislative branch)
Cape Town CBD Bo-Kaap V&A Waterfront Castle of Good Hope Houses of Parliament Devil's Peak and Table Mountain from Signal Hill
Coat of arms Logo
Nicknames: Mother City, Tavern of the Seas (archaic)
Motto: Spes Bona ( Latin for "Good Hope")
Cape Town Show map of Western Cape Cape Town Show map of South Africa Cape Town Show map of Africa
Coordinates: 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E / 33.92528°S 18.42389°E / -33.92528; 18.42389
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Founded	6 April 1652; 373 years ago (1652-04-06)
Municipal government	1839; 186 years ago (1839)
Government ^[1]
• Type	Metropolitan municipality
• Mayor	Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA)
• Deputy Mayor	Eddie Andrews (DA)
Area ^[2]
• Capital city ( legislative branch)	2,461 km² (950 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,590.4 m (5,217.8 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population ^[4] ^[5]
• Rank	13th in Africa 2nd in South Africa
• Urban (2011)	433,688
• Urban density	1,083/km² (2,800/sq mi)
• Metro (2022)	4,772,846^[3]
Demonym	Capetonian
Racial makeup (2022)^[6] ^[2]
• Black	45.7%
• Coloured	35.1%
• White	16.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.6%
• Other	1.5%^[3]
First languages (2011) ^[7]
• Afrikaans	34.9%
• Xhosa	29.2%
• English	27.8%^[a]
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal codes (street)	7400–8099
PO box	7000
HDI	0.82^[9] – very high
GMP (2020)	US$121 billion^[10]
GMP per capita (2011)	US$19,656^[11]
Website	capetown.gov.za

Cape Town Kaapstad (Afrikaans) iKapa (Xhosa) ǁHui!gaeb (Khoekhoe)
Capital city ( legislative branch)
Cape Town CBD Bo-Kaap V&A Waterfront Castle of Good Hope Houses of Parliament Devil's Peak and Table Mountain from Signal Hill
Coat of arms Logo
Nicknames: Mother City, Tavern of the Seas (archaic)
Motto: Spes Bona ( Latin for "Good Hope")
Cape Town Show map of Western Cape Cape Town Show map of South Africa Cape Town Show map of Africa
Coordinates: 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E / 33.92528°S 18.42389°E / -33.92528; 18.42389
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Founded	6 April 1652; 373 years ago (1652-04-06)
Municipal government	1839; 186 years ago (1839)
Government ^[1]
• Type	Metropolitan municipality
• Mayor	Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA)
• Deputy Mayor	Eddie Andrews (DA)
Area ^[2]
• Capital city ( legislative branch)	2,461 km² (950 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,590.4 m (5,217.8 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population ^[4] ^[5]
• Rank	13th in Africa 2nd in South Africa
• Urban (2011)	433,688
• Urban density	1,083/km² (2,800/sq mi)
• Metro (2022)	4,772,846^[3]
Demonym	Capetonian
Racial makeup (2022)^[6] ^[2]
• Black	45.7%
• Coloured	35.1%
• White	16.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.6%
• Other	1.5%^[3]
First languages (2011) ^[7]
• Afrikaans	34.9%
• Xhosa	29.2%
• English	27.8%^[a]
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal codes (street)	7400–8099
PO box	7000
HDI	0.82^[9] – very high
GMP (2020)	US$121 billion^[10]
GMP per capita (2011)	US$19,656^[11]
Website	capetown.gov.za

Cape Town, South Africa