Wastren Cape
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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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 | |
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 |
References
eedit- ↑ Stats in Brief, 2010 (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2010. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-621-39563-1.
- ↑ "Community Survey 2007: Basic results" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. p. 2. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Februar 2011. Retrieved 14 Januar 2011.
- ↑ Mid-year population estimates, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Statistics South Africa. 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "Statistical release P0301: Community Survey, 2007 (Revised version)" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. p. 25. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ↑ "Table: Census 2001 by province, language, population group and gender". Census 2001 Interactive Tables. Statistics South Africa. Archived frae the original on 3 Juin 2012. Retrieved 28 Januar 2010.
- ↑ Wesgro IQ. GDP and GDP growth by Province. Wesgro.
- Municipal Demarcation Board Archived 2009-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
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