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| | Cape Town is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second most populous urban area in South Africa, after Johannesburg. Cape Town is the legislative capital city of South Africa.
The city is famous for its harbour, for its natural setting in the region, as well as for such well known landmarks like Table Mountain and Cape Point.
-Tourists Spots
Cape Town is one of the main tourist destinations of South Africa. The city enjoys of an excellent climate and a very scenic location, overlooking the Ocean at the foot of Table Mountain, and is rich in attractions: we can mention the rich Waterfront, the aquarium, the rise in the Table Mountain cable car, the hill of Signal Hill, and the picturesque Malay quarter Bo-Kaap. Just outside the city are also the first reliefs of interest, such as Lion's Head and Devil's Peak. On the beaches around the town are practiced all kinds of water sports (surf, windsurfing and kitesurfing).These are the "best" tourists spots of Cape Town.
-History
Cape Town was the first European settlement in South Africa. This place was discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1497 because he was searching for a way to Asia by the ocean. Cape Town was a European colony untill 1910. The South African Union was also known for the racial segregation, already in 1901 Cape Town's authorities confined black people in Cape Flats for the Black Death.
-Famous People (Nelson Mandela)
Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 and he died 3 years ago. He has been a Southafrican politician and first presindent after apartheid. He also won the nobel prize for the piece in 1993. He defeated apartheid with the nonviolent politic, like Gandhi.
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