Cape Province
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The Province of the Cape of Good Hope[2] (Afrikaans: Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province (Afrikaans: Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape (Afrikaans: Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old Cape Colony, as well as Walvis Bay, and had Cape Town as its capital. In 1994, the Cape Province was divided into the new Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, along with part of the North West.
This article is about the defunct province of South Africa. For the biogeographic area, see Cape Provinces. For the floristic province, see Cape floristic region. For the marine biogeographic region of Australia, see Cape Province (IMCRA region).
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Province of the Cape of Good Hope | |||||||||||||||
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Province of South Africa | |||||||||||||||
1910–1994 | |||||||||||||||
The Cape Province as it was by 1994 | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Cape Town | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1991 | 6,125,335[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Type | Cape Provincial Council | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 31 May 1910 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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