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Cape Town
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Cape Town or Cape·town  (kptoun)
The legislative capital of South Africa, in the extreme southwest part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded in 1652 as a supply station for the Dutch East Indies Company. Population: 2,890,000.
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Noun1.Cape Town - port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa
Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
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Cape Town nCiudad f del Cabo
Cape Town nLe Cap
Cape Town nKapstadt nt
Cape Town nCittà del Capo


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Black Capetonians identified the commercial potential, approached consultants, negotiated a 50 year lease of the site, prepared documentation to achieve financial institution support and involved the local communities in decisions that would affect them.
FACE OF AFRICA MODELING COMPETITION WINNER CHOSEN: SOUTH AFRICAN NOMBULELO MAZIBUKO, 17, EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK TO CONQUER FASHION WORLD -- A dream came true Saturday night for 17-year-old Capetonian Nombulelo Mazibuko, when she was named the M-Net Face of Africa 2000 competition winner during a live television broadcast from Cape Town's Good Hope Centre.
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