Cape Town

Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa, and is one part of the Cape Town Metropolis

Release time : 2016-05-17 17:22:18

source : WTCF

City Introduction

Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa, and also part of the Cape Town Metropolis. Cape Town is famous for its beautiful natural landscape and wharf, and its well-known landmarks include Table Mountain honored as "God's Dining Table", and Cape Hope as the intersection between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated in the strip in the north end of Cape of Good Hope, and is contiguous to Table Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. Established in 1652, it was originally the service station of the East India Company, and the earliest base built by the Western European colonists in Southern Africa. So it was named “Mother City", and served as the base for the Holland and UK colonists to expand in Africa for a long time. Now it is a legislative department. The second busiest airport of Africa is in Cape Town: Cape Town International Airport. This airport is one of the major ways of transportation for travelers to visit South Africa.

History and Culture

Cape Town was initially developed around the wharf, and gradually became the first long-term base for the Europeans in Sub-Saharan Africa. Later, the Europeans built their first military base-- Castle of Good Hope. Before the building of Johannesburg and the discovery of a large amount of gold and diamond in Transvaal, Cape Town was the largest city in Southern Africa. Jazz, wines and the historical buildings of the Netherlands in Cape Town have infused many culture elements in the tourism industry of this city. Since it was dominated by the Netherlands and the UK in the past, the architecture in Cape Town has a very distinct European continental style. In addition to some Dutch buildings, such as the Wine Museum built in 1685 and the building of the Town Hall as the Baroque architecture, there are many Victorian houses on both sides of Long Street. In addition, Green Market Square in St. Georges Street is the famous flea market, where special artworks from