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South Africa Travel
Cape Town is the most populous city in South Africa, next to Johannesburg. It is famous for its wonderful harbor as well as well known landmarks as Table Mountain and the Cape Point. In South Africa, Cape Town is one of the favorite destinations of tourists. Cape Town not only boasts of its glorious beaches, but also its rugged landscape, and exotic flora and fauna treasures. People in Cape Town are very hospitable. You will feel very relax once your foot touches the ground of Cape Town. Cape Town is a windy city due to the air that comes from the sea. History tells us that Cape Town was discovered by Bartholomew Diaz, a Portuguese explorer, who landed at the Cape in 1488, and promptly named it “Cape Of Good Hope”. It became one of the major trade routes of the world that was developed by the Dutch settlers in the 17th century for Dutch ships that sailed to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East more than 200 years before the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869. Up to now, the influence of the Dutch is still obvious in the form of Afrikaans language, which was developed and became the official language spoken and studied in South Africa. Simple Cape Town Facts: |
