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The Filipinos brought the tradition of fishing to Kalk Bay, mainly living in small flats built on the shore. In 1863 the CSS Alabama landed in Cape Town, which was immortalized by the folk song "Daar kom die Alibama". The ship is said to have brought the first Filipino to Cape Town, a lowly fisherman by the name of Felix Florez, who settled in ...
The Western Cape (Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni; Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. [8]
This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape province of South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located. Cape Metropole
The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) is a complex water supply system in the Western Cape region of South Africa, comprising an inter-linked system of six main dams, pipelines, tunnels and distribution networks, and a number of minor dams, some owned and operated by the Department of Water and Sanitation and some by the City of Cape Town.
The Western Cape province had a total GDP for 2016 of R424.38 billion (equivalent to US$29.3 billion) [3] growing from R268.26bn in 2008. In 2016 the economy grew by 2.7% with an annual inflation rate of 6.3%. [3] The province accounts for 14% of South Africa's total GDP with Cape Town accounting for 9.9% of the country's total GDP in 2016. [3]
Philippi is a large urban and semi-rural area in Cape Town's Cape Flats region, in the Western Cape, South Africa.. It comprises the Philippi Horticultural Area to the west, which is sparsely populated compared to the surrounding city and contains many farms.
The West Coast is a region of the Western Cape province in South Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Swartland region on the east.. The region stretches for over 400 km from north to south and is known for its scenery and fertile fishing grounds.
Bellville is a large town in the Western Cape,South Africa, and is part of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. Having formerly been an independent city , it was later incorporated into the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality , which is located in the Western Cape province of South Africa .