ExodusMagApril2017

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CAPE TOWN
Cape Town; Kaapstad; Ikapa is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second-most
populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also
the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province.
As the seat of the Parliament of South Africa,
it is also the legislative capital of the country.
It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan
municipality. The city is famous for its
harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape
Floristic Region, and for such well-known
landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape
Point. As of 2014 [update] , it is the 10th most
populous city in Africa and home to 64% of
the Western Cape's population. It is one of
the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting
its role as a major destination for immigrants
and expatriates to South Africa. The
city was named the World Design Capital for
2014 by the International Council of Societies
of Industrial Design. In 2014, Cape Town was
named the best place in the world to visit by
both the American New York Times and the
British Daily Telegraph.
Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape
Town was first developed by the Dutch East
India Company as a victualling (supply) station
for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India,
and the Far East.
Geography
Cape Town is located at latitude 33.55° S
(approx. the same as Sydney and Buenos
Aires and equivalent to Casablanca and Los
Angeles in the northern hemisphere) and longitude
18.25° E. Table Mountain, with its near
vertical cliffs and flat-topped summit over
1,000 m (3,300 ft) high, and with Devil's Peak
and Lion's Head on either side, together form
a dramatic mountainous backdrop enclosing
the central area of Cape Town, the so-called
City Bowl. To the immediate south, the Cape
Peninsula is a scenic mountainous spine jutting
40 kilometres (25 mi) southwards into the
Atlantic Ocean and terminating at Cape
Point. There are over 70 peaks above 300 m
(980 ft) within Cape Town's official city limits.
Many of the city's suburbs lie on the large
plain called the Cape Flats, which extends
over 50 kilometres (30 mi) to the east and
joins the peninsula to the mainland.
Climate
Cape Town has a warm-summer Mediterranean
climate , with mild, moderately wet
winters and dry, warm summers. Winter,
which lasts from the beginning of June to
the end of August, may see large cold
fronts entering for limited periods from the
Atlantic Ocean with significant precipitation
and strong north-westerly winds. Winter
months in the city average a maximum of
18.0 °C (64 °F) and minimum of 8.5 °C (47 °F)
Total annual rainfall in the city averages 515
millimetres (20.3 in). Summer, which lasts
from early December to March, is warm
and dry with an average maximum of 26.0 °
C (79 °F) and minimum of 16.0 °C (61 °F).
The region can get uncomfortably hot
when the Berg Wind, meaning "mountain
wind", blows from the Karoo interior for a
couple of weeks in February or early March.
Late spring and early summer generally feature
a strong wind from the south-east,
known locally as the south-easter or the
Cape Doctor, so called because it blows air
pollution away. This wind is caused by a
high-pressure system which sits in the South
Atlantic to the west of Cape Town, known
as the South Atlantic High. Cape Town receives
3,100 hours of sunshine per year.
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