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The Wastren Cape is a province in the sooth wast o Sooth Africae. The caipital is Cape Toun. Prior tae 1994, the region that nou forms the Wastren Cape wis pairt o the hintle lairger (an nou defunct) Cape Province. Prior tae the formation o the Union o Sooth Africae in 1910, it wis cried the Cape Colony (see the History o Cape Colony).
Wastren Cape Wes-Kaap (in Afrikaans) Western Cape (in Inglis) Ntshona-Koloni (in Xhosa) | |
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Coat of airms o Wastren Cape Coat airms | |
Motto(s): Spes Bona (Guid Howp) | |
Location o the Wastren Cape in Sooth Africae | |
Kintra | Sooth Africae |
Established | 27 Aprile 1994 |
Caipital | Cape Toun |
Destricts | 6
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Govrenment | |
• Teep | Pairlamentary seestem |
• Premier | Helen Zille (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 129462 km2 (49,986 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4t in Sooth Africae |
Highest elevation | 2325 m (7,628 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,278,585 |
• Estimate (2011) | 5,287,863 |
• Rank | 4t in Sooth Africae |
• Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 5t in Sooth Africae |
Population groups | |
• Coloured | 50.2% |
• Black African | 30.1% |
• White | 18.4% |
• Indie or Asie | 1.3% |
Leids | |
• Afrikaans | 55.3% |
• Xhosa | 23.7% |
• Inglis | 19.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
ISO 3166 code | ZA-WC |
GDP (nominal)[6] | 2009 |
- Total | R 264.98 billion US$ 33.88 billion |
- Per caipita | R 50,726 US$ 6,488 |
- Growth | -1.45% |
Website | www |
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