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Why is Cape town is called cape town?
Because it is situated at the Cape of Good Hope, so called by Portuguese and British navigators of the 14-16th Centuries.
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Why was a town established in cape town?
The first European settlers in South Africa and in Cape Town were representatives of the Dutch East India company whose task it was to set up a victualling station for the ships of the company to...
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Is Cape Town a cape?
No- Cape Town is not a Cape. Cape Point is the actual Cape and is aka the Cape of Good Hope It is situated at the south-west corner of the Cape Peninsula about 50 kilometres from Cape Town city.
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The cape next to cape town?
Cape Agulhas lies just to the East of Cape Point. It is the southern most point of Africa