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Western Cape Province

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Western Cape
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Area 129,370 kmē (10.6% of country's total)
Population 4.7 million (10.1% of the total)
GDP 14.6% of the country's total
Languages Afrikaans (59%), English (20%), Xhosa (19%)
Capital Cape Town
Other main centres Hermanus, George, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington, Worcester, Robertson, Knysna, Swellendam
Premier Ebrahim Rasool

The Western Cape is a province in South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape, was part of the huge (and now defunct) Cape Province. Prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 it was Cape Colony, and for more check the History of Cape Colony.

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Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape| North West | Western Cape

af:Wes-Kaap de:Westkap es:Provincia del Cabo Occidental fr:Cap-Occidental ja:西ケープ州 nl:Westelijke Kaap

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