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Cape Province: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Cape of Good Hope • Kaap die Goeie Hoop • Kaapprovinsie

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Cape Province, South Africa
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Related Topics and References

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Major Events

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Cape Frontier Wars

Related Places

Mountain Zebra National Park
Mountain Zebra National Park
park, South Africa
Bontebok National Park
Bontebok National Park
park, South Africa
Cape Town
Cape Town
national legislative capital, South Africa
Rocky cliffs and green vegetation overlook the turquoise ocean and sandy beach at the Cape of Good Hope promontory, South Africa, under a blue sky.
Cape of Good Hope
promontory, South Africa
Griqualand West region, South Africa
Griqualand West
region, South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
country, Africa

Key People

Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
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Stephanus Jacobus du Toit
South African politician