Cape Colony
Dutch and British colony in Southern Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was the name of a colony based around the Cape of Good Hope, in southern Africa. It was first established in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck as a governorate of the Dutch East India Company. It was captured by the British in 1795 and returned to the Dutch in 1802. In 1806 it was again captured by the British. It united with three other British colonies in 1910 to form the Union of South Africa when it was renamed the "Cape Province". Its capital was Cape Town, the modern-day legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa.
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Cape Colony Kaapkolonie | |||||||||||
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1795–1910 | |||||||||||
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Anthem: God Save the King (God Save the Queen 1837–1901) | |||||||||||
Status | British colony | ||||||||||
Capital | Cape Town | ||||||||||
Common languages | English, Dutch ¹ | ||||||||||
Religion | Dutch Reformed Church, Anglican | ||||||||||
Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
Historical era | Scramble for Africa | ||||||||||
• Established | 1795 | ||||||||||
1803–1806 | |||||||||||
• Anglo-Dutch treaty | 1814 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1910 | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1822[1] | 331,900 km2 (128,100 sq mi) | ||||||||||
1910 | 569,020 km2 (219,700 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1822[1] | 110380 | ||||||||||
• 1865 census[2] | 496381 | ||||||||||
• 1910 | 2564965 | ||||||||||
Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||||
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Today part of | South Africa ² | ||||||||||
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