the locals and other African countries, such as Zimbabwe and Kenya are sold. The annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival (South-African Dutch: Kaapse Klopse) is held on January 2. The teams participating in this carnival are all dressed in special costumes in bright colors, hold colorful umbrellas, or play music in the procession.
Natural Environment
The downtown area of Cape Town is is situated in the north end of Cape Peninsula. The terrain of Table Mountain forms a bowl-like region, which is surrounded by nearly cliffs in right angle, with Devil’s Peak and Lion's Head on both sides. Cape Peninsula has the mountain ridge extending to the Atlantic Ocean, with the Cape of Good Hope as the end.
Climate
Cape Peninsula has the Mediterranean climate, and there are four distinctive seasons. The winter is from May to August, when the cold front comes with a large amount of rainwater from the Atlantic, and the average lowest temperature is only about 7°C. In the winter, there is the most precipitation in the whole city, and the average precipitation is 321mm, accounting for about 60% of the average annual precipitation (average annual precipitation is 515mm), and because of the topographic characteristics, the rainfalls in different regions vary significantly. The summer is from November to February, when there is warm and dry climate, and the highest average temperature is 26°C, and the average rainfall is only 63mm.