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South Africa accepted the convention on 10 July 1997. [3] There are twelve World Heritage Sites in South Africa. [3] The first three sites in South Africa were added to the list in 1999 while the most recent ones, the Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites and the Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa, were added in 2024.
Area code. 021. Hout Bay ( Afrikaans: Houtbaai, meaning "Wood Bay") is a seaside suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of the Central business district of Cape Town. The name "Hout Bay" can refer to the town, the bay on ...
World Heritage Sites. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas [1] Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs [2] iSimangaliso Wetland Park [3] Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape [4] Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape [5] Robben Island [6] Maloti-Drakensberg Park [7] Vredefort Dome [8]
Robben Island ( Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals ( robben ), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland, which translates to Seal (s) Island . Robben Island is roughly oval in shape ...
GMP per capita (2011) US$19,656 [8] Website. capetown.gov.za. 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. [11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [12]
a city. capital of Western Cape. Population of Cape Town: 433,688 [citation needed] Area of Cape Town: 400.28 km 2 (154.55 sq mi) [citation needed] Cape Town. Kaapstad. Cape Town. Location within South Africa. Coordinates: 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E.
7925. PO box. 7935. Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. [2] Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Morgan Bay. / -32.704; 28.336. Morgan Bay is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . The holiday village of Morgan Bay was given its current name in 1822. It was named after A.F. Morgan, the master of the Barracouta, a survey ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was part of an expedition under ...