Cape Floristic Region
The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Province with an elevation of 270 metres
- Description: one of the Earth’s six floristic kingdoms
- Also known as: “Cape Floristic Kingdom”, “Cape Floristic Province”, “Cape Kingdom”, “Capensis”, “South African Floristic Kingdom”, and “South African Kingdom”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scarborough beach.
Scarborough beach
Beach
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Scarborough beach is situated 4 km south of Cape Floristic Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Da Gama Park and Masiphumelele.
Da Gama Park
Suburb
Da Gama Park is a suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Da Gama Park was founded as a township in the former Simon's Town district, north-west of the town. Da Gama Park is situated 3 km northeast of Cape Floristic Region.
Masiphumelele
Village
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Masiphumelele is a township on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Capri Village and Noordhoek. Initially known as Site 5, the township was renamed Masiphumelele by its residents, which is a Xhosa word meaning "let us succeed". Masiphumelele is situated 4 km north of Cape Floristic Region.
Glencairn
Suburb
Photo: Derek Keats, CC BY 2.0.
Glencairn is a small seaside village located on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. It is situated about 4 km north of Simonstown, on the shore of False Bay. Glencairn is situated 5 km east of Cape Floristic Region.
Cape Floristic Region
- Categories: floristic kingdom, heritage site, and body of water
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Cape Floristic Region” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaapse floraryk”
- Arabic: “محمية الزهور في الكاب”
- Armenian: “Կապի բուսական շրջան”
- Armenian: “Քեյփի բուսական շրջան”
- Asturian: “Árees protexíes de la Rexón floral del Cabu”
- Azerbaijani: “Keyp floristik vilayəti”
- Belarusian: “Капская вобласць”
- Catalan: “regió florística del Cap”
- Catalan: “Regió florística del Cap”
- Cebuano: “Cape Floral Region”
- Chinese: “好望角植物保护区”
- Chinese: “开普植物区”
- Chinese: “弗洛勒爾角”
- Chinese: “開普植物保護區”
- Chinese: “開普植物區”
- Chinese: “開普植物生態保護區”
- Croatian: “Cape Floral”
- Croatian: “Cvjetno područje rtova”
- Czech: “Capensis”
- Czech: “Kapská květenná říše”
- Danish: “Cape Floral Region”
- Dutch: “Capensis”
- Dutch: “Floraregio van de Kaap”
- Dutch: “Kaapflora”
- Dutch: “Kaaps florarijk”
- Dutch: “Kapensis”
- Estonian: “Cape’i lillepiirkond”
- French: “Capensis”
- French: “Province floristique du Cap”
- French: “Région floristique du Cap”
- French: “Royaume floral d’Afrique du Sud”
- French: “Royaume floral du Cap”
- French: “Royaume floristique du Cap”
- Georgian: “კაპის ფლორისტული რეგიონი”
- German: “Kapflora”
- German: “Schutzgebiete der Region Cape Floral”
- Hebrew: “ממלכת אזור הכף”
- Hindi: “केप फ्लोरल संरक्षित क्षेत्र”
- Italian: “Regione floristica del Capo”
- Italian: “Regione Sudafricana”
- Japanese: “ケープ植物区保護地域群”
- Kotava: “Fynbos amnaxo”
- Lithuanian: “Kapo gėlių regionas”
- Maithili: “केप पुष्प क्षेत्र संरक्षित क्षेत्रसभ”
- Malayalam: “കേപ് ഫ്ലോറിസ്റ്റിക് മേഖല”
- Maltese: “Reġjun tal-Fjuri tal-Kap”
- Maltese: “Żoni Protetti tar-Reġjun tal-Fjuri tal-Kap”
- Nepali: “केप पुष्प क्षेत्र संरक्षित क्षेत्रहरू”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape floraregion”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cape floraregion”
- Norwegian: “Cape floraregion”
- Persian: “منطقه گیاگانی دماغه”
- Polish: “Cape Floral”
- Polish: “Państwo przylądkowe”
- Portuguese: “Áreas protegidas da região floral do Cabo”
- Portuguese: “Reino Florístico do Cabo”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Floristică Cape”
- Russian: “Капская область”
- Russian: “Капское флористическое царство”
- Russian: “Капское царство”
- Serbian: “Capensis”
- Serbian: “Kapska oblast”
- Serbian: “Капенсис”
- Serbian: “Капска област”
- Serbian: “Капска флористичка област”
- Serbian: “Капско флористичко царство”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Floral”
- Slovenian: “floristično kraljestvo Kap”
- Slovenian: “floristično kraljestvo Kaplandija”
- Slovenian: “južnoafriško floristično kraljestvo”
- Spanish: “Areas Protegidas de la Region Floral del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Areas Protegidas de la Región Floral del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Áreas Protegidas de la Region Floral del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Áreas protegidas de la Región floral del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Áreas protegidas de la Región Floral del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Reino florístico del Cabo”
- Swedish: “Kaps floraregion”
- Turkish: “Güney Afrika âlemi”
- Turkish: “Güney Afrika floristik âlemi”
- Turkish: “Kap âlemi”
- Turkish: “Kap floristik âlemi”
- Turkish: “Kap floristik bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Kap floristik sahası”
- Turkish: “Kapensis”
- Turkish: “Ümit Burnu’ndaki Koruma Alanları”
- Ukrainian: “Капське флористичне царство”
- Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn hoa mũi Hảo Vọng”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kleinplaasdam and Vlooiberg.
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