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Historical Facts About CapeTown
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Cape Town had been inhabited by the human community long before the beginning of the Christian era and survived on hunting, fishing and gathering edible plants and roots.
Cape Town was discovered by the Portuguese, as Bartholomeu Dias who landed in 1486 at the west coast of Africa. At that time the land was inhabited by the tribe of hunters which were known as the San and semi nomadic cattle keepers known as Khoi which were collectively known as Khoisan.
During 18th century the inhabitants which were not related to East India Company drifted to other parts of the country. With the colonization of these people it leads to the conflicts between the newly settlers and the indigenous people of the Cape. |
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By the end of the eighteenth century, the British saw the chance to seize the town and established British colony in 1814.
It is estimated that the population of the city in 2007 is around 3.5 million. Cape Town sports a Mediterranean climate with cool winter months and most of the rainfall occurs in winter months. The summer of the Cape Town is very hot making it very uncomfortable to stay. |
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