Cape Town

Cape Town is the second most populous city in . The capital of , it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
  • City with about 3,780,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code CPT
  • Description: city in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Postal codes
    7945
    8001
  • Also known as
    “Altepetl In Cabo”
    “Cape”
    “Cape Town, South Africa”
    “iKapa”
    “Kaap”
    “Mother City”
    “Tavern of the Seas”
    “West side”
Andresdewet, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Town Stadium and Iziko South African Museum.
Stadium
The is a football and rugby union…
Public aquarium
The dive site is an inland…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bo-Kaap and Oranjezicht.
Neighborhood
The is an area of Cape Town, , formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
is a suburb in the City Bowl area of Cape Town, South Africa.
is a residential neighborhood…
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Latitude
-33.9198° or 33° 55′ 11″ south
Longitude
18.4256° or 18° 25′ 32″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA CPT
Open location code
4FRW3CJG+36
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Cape Town” goes by many names.
КеиптаунAbkhazian
KaapAfrikaans
KaapstadAfrikaans
KapshtadAlbanian
Kejp TaunAlbanian
KepiAlbanian
ኬፕ ታውንAmharic
Cape TownAmis
كيب تاونArabic
كيب تونArabic
Ciudat d’o CaboAragonese
ՔեյփթաունArmenian
Lo CapArpitan
Lo ChavonArpitan
কেপ টাউনAssamese
Ciudá d’El CabuAsturian
KeyptaunAzerbaijani
Cape TownBalinese
КейптаунBashkir
Lurmutur HiriaBasque
КейптаўнBelarusian
কেপ টাউনBengali
Cape TownBosnian
Ar C’habBreton
КейптаунBulgarian
ကိပ်တောင်းမြို့Burmese
Ciutat del CapCatalan
Cape TownCebuano
Cape TownCentral Bikol
Cape TownCentral Kanuri
کەیپ تاونCentral Kurdish
КейптаунChechen
开普敦Chinese
開普敦Chinese
開普敦/开普敦Chinese
Cape TownCornish
Cità di u CapuCorsican
KeyptaunCrimean Tatar
Cape TownCroatian
KaapstadCroatian
Kapské MěstoCzech
Cape TownDagbani
Cape TownDanish
KapstadenDanish
Cape TownDimli (individual language)
केपटाउनDotyali
KaapstadDutch
КейптаунEastern Mari
كيب تاونEgyptian Arabic
Кейптаун ошErzya
KaburboEsperanto
KaplinnEstonian
Ciá del CabuExtremaduran
Cape TownFaroese
HøvdastaðurFaroese
Cape TownFiji Hindi
KapkaupunkiFinnish
Cape TownFulah
Cidade do CaboGalician
კეიპტაუნიGeorgian
ქეიფთაუნიGeorgian
Κέιπ ΤάουνGreek
Πόλη του ΑκρωτηρίουGreek
Yvy akua TávaGuarani
કેપ ટાઉનGujarati
Li KapHaitian
Cape TownHakka Chinese
Cape TownHausa
קייפ טאוןHebrew
केप टाउनHindi
FokvárosHungarian
HöfðaborgIcelandic
Kab-urboIdo
Cape TownIgbo
Cape TownIloko
KapkaavpugInari Sami
Cape TownIndonesian
Kota TanjungIndonesian
КейптаунIngush
Citate del CapoInterlingua
Cape TownIrish
Città del CapoItalian
ケープ タウンJapanese
ケイプタウンJapanese
Cape TownJavanese
Lé CapJèrriais
KaapɩKabiyè
Cape TownKabyle
ಕೇಪ್ ಟೌನ್Kannada
KeyptaunKara-Kalpak
КейптаунKarachay-Balkar
کیپ ٹاؤنKashmiri
КапстадKazakh
КейптаунKazakh
КейптаунKirghiz
카프스타트Korean
케이프타운Korean
KaapstadKotava
Zità dl CapLadin
Sivdad del KaboLadino
Civitas CapitisLatin
KeiptaunaLatvian
Çittæ do CapoLigurian
Çittæ do CavoLigurian
KeiptaunasLithuanian
KaplinnuLivvi
Cità del CapLombard
KapstadtLow German
KapstadLuxembourgish
КејптаунMacedonian
Cape TownMalagasy
Cape TownMalay
കേപ് ടൗൺMalayalam
Cape TownMaltese
Balley ny RheynnManx
Kēpa TāoneMaori
कापश्टाडMarathi
केप टाउनMarathi
کیپ تاؤنMazanderani
Cape TownMin Dong Chinese
Cape TownMin Nan Chinese
Cape TownMinangkabau
კეიპტაუნიMingrelian
КэйптаунMoksha
КейптаунMongolian
كيپ تاونMoroccan Arabic
كيپ طاونMoroccan Arabic
Taahííʼą́ągi Kin HaalʼáNavajo
Cetate d’u CápeNeapolitan
केप टाउनNepali
केप टाउनNewari
केपताउनNewari
KapstadtNorthern Frisian
KapsteedNorthern Frisian
Cape TownNorthern Sami
Cape TownNorwegian
Cape TownNorwegian Bokmål
KappstadenNorwegian Bokmål
Cape TownNorwegian Nynorsk
Kabe UrbeNovial
Cape TownNyanja
Ciutat del CapOccitan (post 1500)
Lo CapOccitan (post 1500)
NæssburgOld English (ca. 450-1100)
କେପ ଟାଉନOriya
Cape TownOromo
КейптаунOssetian
ਕੇਪ ਟਾਨPanjabi
ਕੇਪਟਾਊਨPanjabi
KaapstadPapiamento
Cape TownPedi
کیپ‌تاونPersian
Sità dël CapPiemontese
Cape TaunPitcairn-Norfolk
KapsztadPolish
کيپ ټاؤنPushto
کیپ ټاونPushto
کېپ ټاونPushto
Cape TownRomanian
КейптаунRussia Buriat
КейптаунRussian
Капске МістоRusyn
Kay-pu-tunSakizaya
KeiptaunsSamogitian
ᱠᱮᱯ ᱴᱟᱣᱩᱱSantali
Tzitade de su CabuSardinian
CapeScots
Cape TounScots
Baile a‘ ChipScottish Gaelic
Cape TownScottish Gaelic
КејптаунSerbian
Cape TownSerbo-Croatian
Cape TownShona
Citati dû CapuSicilian
KapsztadSilesian
ڪيپ ٽائونSindhi
කේප් ටවුන්Sinhala
Kapské MestoSlovak
Cape TownSlovenian
KaapstadSlovenian
Kab townSomali
کئیپ‌تاونSouth Azerbaijani
Motse KapaSouthern Sotho
KaapSwedish
KapSwedish
KapstadenSwedish
KapstadtSwiss German
Cape TownTagalog
Lungsod ng CaboTagalog
Кейп ТаунTajik
கேப் டவுன்Tamil
கேப் நகரம்Tamil
KeyptawnTatar
КейптаунTatar
కేప్ టౌన్Telugu
కేప్ పట్టణంTelugu
เคปทาวน์Thai
Cape TownTok Pisin
Kep TaunTok Pisin
Doroba ra KapaTsonga
Cape TownTswana
Cape TownTurkish
Kap ŞehriTurkish
KeýptaunTurkmen
Cape TownTyap
КейптаунUdmurt
KapétownUighur
КапстадUkrainian
КейптаунUkrainian
KapstadtUpper Sorbian
کیپ ٹاؤنUrdu
KeyptaunUzbek
CapeVenda
Cape TownVenda
Sità del CaoVenetian
KeiptaunVeps
Cape TownVietnamese
Cape TownVolapük
Cape TownWaray (Philippines)
Tref y PenrhynWelsh
Քէյփ ԹաունWestern Armenian
KaapstêdWestern Frisian
کیپ ٹاؤنWestern Panjabi
开普敦Wu Chinese
IKapaXhosa
КейптаунYakut
קאפשטאטYiddish
Cape TownYoruba
好望角鎮Yue Chinese
急當Yue Chinese
KaepstadZeeuws
IKapaZulu
Āltepētl In Cabo
ma Cape Town
ma Ke Tan
ma tomo Cape Town
ma tomo Kape
ma tomo Ke Tan

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as City Centre and E-Berth.
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Cape Peninsula: Highlights

Learn more about Robben Island and Simon’s Town.