Western Cape
The Western Cape is the most south-western province in South Africa, covering many of South Africa's tourist destinations and attractions.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Robben Island
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Robben Island is in the Western Cape of South Africa, approximately 7 km off the coast and 12 km from Cape Town harbour.
Stellenbosch
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Stellenbosch is a city in the Western Cape, and is the heart of the Cape Winelands, South Africa's prime wine region.
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Cape Peninsula
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The Cape Peninsula is in Western Cape of South Africa, encompassing the Cape Town metro area, Cape Point and the False Bay area.
Garden Route
The Garden Route in the Western Cape is one of South Africa's main tourist attractions and is generally considered to stretch from Mossel Bay to Storms River along the Indian ocean.
Overberg
The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality that governs the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
West Coast
The West Coast Region, located along the South-West Coast of South Africa, skirts the Atlantic…
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Western Cape
- Type: province of South Africa with 7,110,000 residents
- Description: province of South Africa
- Neighbors: Eastern Cape and Northern Cape
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
-34° or 34° southLongitude of centre
20° eastPopulation
7,110,000Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)GeoNames ID
1085599Wikidata ID
Q127167Western Cape Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Provinsie Wes-Kaap
- Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap
- Afrikaans: Wes-Kaapprovinsie
- Afrikaans: Wes Kaap
- Afrikaans: Weskaap
- Arabic: Katundan Cape
- Arabic: كيب الغربية
- Arabic: كيب الغربيه
- Armenian: Արևմտյան Կապ
- Asturian: Provincia Cabo Occidental
- Asturian: Provincia Cabu Occidental
- Azerbaijani: Qərbi Kaap vilayəti
- Azerbaijani: Qərbi Keyp vilayəti
- Basque: Lurmutur Mendebaldea
- Belarusian: Заходне-Капская правінцыя
- Belarusian: Заходне-Кэйпская правінцыя
- Belarusian: Заходняя Капская правінцыя
- Belarusian: Заходні Кэйп
- Bengali: পশ্চিম কেপ
- Breton: Kab ar C'hornaoueg
- Bulgarian: Западен Кейп
- Bulgarian: Уестърн Кейп
- Bulgarian: Уестърнкейп
- Catalan: Cap Occidental
- Catalan: Província Occidental del Cap
- Catalan: Província del Cap Occidental
- Catalan: Província del Cap Oest
- Cebuano: Province of the Western Cape
- Cebuano: Western Cape
- Chinese: Sai Cape Séng
- Chinese: 西开普
- Chinese: 西开普省
- Chinese: 西開普
- Chinese: 西開普省
- Croatian: Western Cape
- Czech: Západní Kapsko
- Danish: Vest-Kap
- Danish: Vest-Kapprovinsen
- Danish: Western Cape
- Dutch: Wes-Kaap
- Dutch: Weskaap
- Dutch: West-Kaap
- Dutch: Westelijke Kaap
- English: Western Cape Province
- English: province of Western Cape
- English: province of the Western Cape
- Esperanto: Okcidenta Kablando
- Estonian: Lääne-Kapimaa
- Estonian: Lääne-Kapimaa provints
- Faroese: Western Cape
- Finnish: Western Cape
- French: Cap-Occidental
- French: Cap occidental
- French: Western Cape
- Galician: Cabo Occidental
- Georgian: დასავლეთი კაპლანდი
- German: Ntshona-Koloni
- German: Provinz Westkap
- German: Wes-Kaap
- German: West-Kap
- German: Western Cape
- German: Westkap
- German: ZA-WC
- Greek: Δυτικότερο Ακρωτήριο
- Gujarati: વેસ્ટર્ન કેપ
- Hakka Chinese: Sî Khôi-phú-sén
- Hausa: Sî Cape-sén
- Hebrew: הכף המערבי
- Hebrew: פרובינציית הכף המערבית
- Hindi: पश्चिमी केप प्रान्त
- Hungarian: Nyugat-Fokföld
- Indonesian: Tanjung Barat
- Indonesian: Western Cape
- Italian: Capo Occidentale
- Italian: Western Cape
- Italian: Western Cape Province
- Italian: provincia del Capo Occidentale
- Japanese: 西ケープ州
- Kabyle: Kip tutrimt
- Kannada: ವೆಸ್ಟರ್ನ್ ಕೇಪ್
- Korean: 웨스턴 케이프 주
- Korean: 웨스턴케이프주
- Latin: Caput occidentale
- Latin: Promontorium Occidentale
- Latvian: Rietumkāpa
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Kapas
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Kyšulio provincija
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Kyšulys
- Luxembourgish: Westkap
- Macedonian: Западен Кејп
- Malay: Cape Barat
- Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ കേപ്
- Marathi: वेस्टर्न केप
- Min Nan Chinese: Sai Cape Séng
- Northern Frisian: Waastkap (Prowins)
- Northern Frisian: Waastkap
- Norwegian: Wes-Kaap
- Norwegian Bokmål: Wes-Kaap
- Norwegian Bokmål: Western Cape
- Norwegian Bokmål: Western Cape Province
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Western Cape
- Novial: West Kabe
- Novial: West Kap
- Nyanja: Western Cape
- Ossetian: Ныгуылæн Капы провинци
- Ossetian: Ныгуылæн Кейп
- Pedi: Kapa Bodikela
- Persian: كيپ غربي
- Persian: کیپ غربی
- Polish: Prowincja Przylądkowa Zachodnia
- Polish: Western Cape
- Portuguese: Cabo Ocidental
- Portuguese: Cabo Oeste
- Portuguese: Província do Cabo Ocidental
- Romanian: Provincia Western Cape
- Romanian: Wes-Kaap
- Russian: Западная Капская провинция
- Russian: Западно-Капская провинция
- Russian: Западный Кап
- Russian: Западный Кейп
- Scots: Wastren Cape
- Scots: Western Cape
- Serbian: Zapadni Kejp
- Serbian: Вестерн Кејп
- Serbian: Западни Кејп
- Serbo-Croatian: Western Cape
- Serbo-Croatian: Zapadni Kaap
- Sinhala: බටහිර කේප්
- Slovak: Západné Kapsko
- Slovenian: Western Cape
- Slovenian: Zahodna Kaplandija
- Somali: Western Cape Province
- Southern Sotho: Kapa Bophirimela
- Spanish: El Cabo Occidental
- Spanish: Provincia Occidental del Cabo
- Spanish: Provincia del Cabo Occidental
- Spanish: Provincia del Occidental del Cabo
- Swahili: Rasi Magharibi
- Swahili: Rasi ya Magharibi
- Swati: Western Cape
- Swedish: Västra Kap-provinsen
- Swedish: Västra Kap
- Swedish: Västra Kapprovinsen
- Swedish: Western Cape
- Tamil: மேற்கு கபே
- Tamil: மேற்கு கேப்
- Telugu: వెస్టర్న్ కేప్
- Thai: จังหวัดเวสเทิร์นเคป
- Thai: เวสเทิร์น เคป
- Tswana: Kapa Bophirima
- Tswana: Western Cape
- Turkish: Batı Kap
- Ukrainian: Західна Капська провінція
- Ukrainian: Західний Кейп
- Ukrainian: Західно-Капська провінція
- Urdu: مغربی کیپ
- Urdu: ویسٹرن کیپ
- Venda: Kapa Vhukovhela
- Vietnamese: Tây Cape
- Vietnamese: Western Cape
- Volapük: Vesüdakepiän
- Waray (Philippines): Katundan Cape
- Western Frisian: West-Kaap
- Western Panjabi: مغربی کیپ
- Western Panjabi: چڑھدا کیپ
- Wu Chinese: 西开普省
- Xhosa: IPhondo yaNtshona-Koloni
- Xhosa: Ntshona-Koloni
- Xhosa: Ntshona Koloni
- Yoruba: Western Cape
- Yue Chinese: 西開普
- Zulu: INtshonalanga Kapa
- Länsi-Kap
- Provincia del Capo Occidentale
- Західнокапська провінція
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