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Cape Town
legislative capital of South Africa: seaport & capital of Western Cape province: pop. 855,000
See Cape Town in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or Cape·town
The legislative capital of South Africa, in the extreme southwest part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded in 1652 as a supply station for the Dutch East Indies Company. Population: 2,890,000.
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