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  2. History of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoi language meaning "where clouds gather."

  3. Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.

  4. Timeline of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Wellington-Cape Town railway begins operating. [9] Harbor works begun. [3] Public Library building constructed. [4] Telegraph begins operating (Simon's Town – Cape Town). [9] Cape Town High School was founded. 1861 Bellvile was founded; first Railway station built. 1863 Horsecar trams begin operating. Grey Library opens. [24] 1864 ...

  5. City of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...

  6. Category:History of Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Military history of Cape Town (2 C, 15 P) R. Robben Island (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of Cape Town" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 ...

  7. Battle of Blaauwberg - Wikipedia

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    The British forces reached the outskirts of Cape Town on 9 January. To spare the town and its civilian population from attack, the commandant of Cape Town, Lieutenant-Colonel Hieronymus Casimir von Prophalow, sent out a white flag. He handed over the outer fortifications to Baird, and terms of surrender were negotiated later in the day.

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  9. Statues of Bartolomeu Dias - Wikipedia

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    A statue of Dias in Cape Town lies at the intersection of Heerengracht and Coen Steytler Boulevards. On 12 March 1960, the statue was unveiled on the front lawn of the South African National Gallery in Company's Garden. Later, the bronze artwork was moved with the statue of Maria van Riebeeck to near the entrance of the Port of Cape Town.