Cape Town

Municipality

Municipality: City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality

Towns

The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality includes the following municipalities: Blaauwberg, Helderberg, Oostenberg, South Peninsula, Tygerberg.

From a tourist point of view, we divide the Greater Cape Town Metropolis roughly in the following areas:

Western Cape Tourism Board

Phone number: 021-426-5639
Fax number: 021-426-5640
Email: Email inquiry
Web: See the website

Cape Town Tourism

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Cape Town

Phone number: 021-426-4260
Fax number: 021-426-4266
Email: Email inquiry
Web: See the website

Events

Cape Town is host to the 19th FIFA World Cup. Matches will be played at the Green Point Stadium.

Matches in Cape Town | Full schedule

Attractions

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Also see the neighbouring towns as well as Towns.

Cape Town offers all the entertainment and things to do that any large city does. Table Mountain is probably the most well-known feature of Cape Town. It is a 1'086m high flat top sandstone mountain, flanked by peaks known as Devils Peak, Lions Head, Signal Hill. On a clear day Table Mountain is visible from 150Km out on sea.

History

The history of Cape Town goes back to very ancient times. Prior to European settlement, it was inhabited periodically by San hunter-gatherers, and the nomadic Khoi-Khoi. The area was most probably visited by ancient Phoenician, and later by Arab and Chinese vessels. In the early days of European trade with the East, it was a stop over for the sailors. In 1652 the Dutch East India Company established a permanent settlement under the leadrship of Jan van Riebeeck with the purpose of growing vegetables for the passing ships. A small stronghold was built. The original community of Dutch settlers were soldiers and farmers who worked for the company.

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Climate

Today's Weather Report
See Cape Peninsula.

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