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Western Cape
Wes-Kaap
Ntshona-Koloni
Coat of Arms of the Western Cape
Location of the Western Cape
Capital Cape Town
Largest city Cape Town
Premier Ebrahim Rasool
Area
- Total		 Ranked 4th
129,370 km²
Population
 - Total (2007)
 - Density		 Ranked 5th
4,839,800
35/km²
Languages Afrikaans (55. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the The following table presents a listing of Premiers of South African provinces. Ebrahim Rasool (born 15 July 1962 Cape Town, South Africa) was the Premier of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a list of South African provinces by Area. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions  Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume This is a list of South African provinces by Population, based on data from the 2001 Census and mid-2007 estimates officially provided by Statistics South Africa has 11 Official languages South Africa also recognises eight non-official languages as " National languages quot Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in 3%)
Xhosa (23. Xhosa (ˈkǁʰoːsa ( isiXhosa) is one of the Official languages of South Africa. 7%)
English (19. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 3%)
Ethnic composition Coloured (53. In the South African Namibian Zambian Botswanan and Zimbabwean context the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense 9%)
Black (26. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse 7%)
White (18. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. 4%)
Asian (1. The majority of South Africa's Asian population is Indian in origin many of them descended from indentured workers brought to work on the sugar plantations of the eastern coastal area then known 0%)
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The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. South Africa is currently divided into nine provinces On the eve of the 1994 general election, South Africa's former homelands also known as Bantustans, were reintegrated The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The capital is Cape Town. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the huge (and now defunct) Cape Province. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Cape of Good Hope Province (commonly referred to simply as the Cape Province) was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of Prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, it was called the Cape Colony (see the History of Cape Colony). } The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day state of the Republic of South Africa. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 with the founding of Cape Town. The written history of Cape Colony South Africa (later known as Cape Province) began when Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese navigator discovered

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History since 1994

Main article: History of the Western Cape

In 1994, after the inauguration of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, the Cape Province was broken up into three provinces: Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape (which encompasses the former Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei). Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (xolíɬaɬa mandéːla born 18 July 1918 is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative The Northern Cape is a large sparsely populated province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho. The Transkei —which means "the area beyond the Kei River"—is a region situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It consisted of two separate blocks of land covering 2970 square miles (7700 km³ almost entirely However, the Western Cape set itself apart early in post-apartheid South African history by being one of the two provinces to have rejected an ANC mandate (the other being KwaZulu-Natal) by electing former Cape Province Law and Order minister Hernus Kriel (NP) as the first premier of the Western Cape. The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions KwaZulu-Natal (kwɑːˌzuːluː nəˈtɑːl often referred to as " KZN " is a province of South Africa. Hernus Kriel (born 1941 was the first Premier of the Western Cape province The National Party ( Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of It would be dominated by the National Party, and its successor, until the party's announced 2004 merger with the ANC, which brought current premier Ebrahim Rasool to power. The New National Party (NNP was a South African conservative political party formed in 1997 when the National Party pulled out of the Government of National Unity Ebrahim Rasool (born 15 July 1962 Cape Town, South Africa) was the Premier of the Western Cape Province in South Africa.

During the first ten years of the Western Cape's history, crime and terrorism surfaced as a major concern, particularly bombings by the controversial PAGAD group. People Against Gangsterism and Drugs ( PAGAD) was formed in 1996 as an Islamically oriented militant group in the Cape Flats area of Cape

Law and Government

Main article: Politics of Western Cape
Western Cape provincial building, Cape Town.
Western Cape provincial building, Cape Town. As a province of South Africa, Western Cape province is governed through a parliamentary system of government

The capital of the Western Cape Province is the City of Cape Town. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Its current Premier is Ebrahim Rasool and the Director-General is Gilbert Lawrence. This is a list of Premiers of Western Cape Province: See also South Africa Politics of South Africa Ebrahim Rasool (born 15 July 1962 Cape Town, South Africa) was the Premier of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Dr Gilbert Arthur Lawrence is the former Director-General (2002-2007 and current head of the Western Cape Department of Community Safety as of June 21

The Constitution of the Western Cape was adopted in 1998 and is available in the official languages of the province: Afrikaans, English and Xhosa. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Xhosa (ˈkǁʰoːsa ( isiXhosa) is one of the Official languages of South Africa.

The Western Cape Provincial Parliament is responsible for creating laws within its responsibilities as set out by the South African Constitution. The Western Cape Provincial Parliament is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Western Cape. The current and official Constitution of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on 8 May 1996. Some of the issues dealt with cover agriculture, education, environment, health services, housing, language policies, tourism, trade, and welfare. The Legislature is housed in Cape Town and has a total of 42 members; 24 seats are currently held by the ANC, 13 by the DA, 1 by the ID, 2 by the ACDP, and 2 by the UIF. The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions The Democratic Alliance (DA is a liberal South African political party and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress. The Independent Democrats are a South African political party formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 The African Christian Democratic Party is a Political party in South Africa. The United Independent Front (UIF is a Political party in South Africa.

The Western Cape Provincial Administration had a 2004 budget of R16. 4 billion (US$2. 8 billion).

Geography

Western Cape Province is bordered on the north by the Northern Cape Province, on the east by the Eastern Cape Province, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Northern Cape is a large sparsely populated province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Subantarctic dependency of the Prince Edward Islands is included within the province's administration. The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the Sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. The Breede and Berg Rivers are major rivers of the province. The capital is Cape Town and other major cities include Stellenbosch, Worcester, Paarl, and George. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Stellenbosch (ˈstɛlənbɒs is the second oldest European settlement in the Western Cape Province, South Africa after Cape Town, and is situated Worcester, in the Western Cape South Africa, with a population of 76894 is the largest town in the Breede River Valley Paarl (derived from Parel, meaning Pearl in Dutch is the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa (after Cape George is a city in South Africa 's Western Cape Province. It has a population of approximately 104700 and is the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden The Garden Route and the Overberg are popular coastal tourism areas. The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the southern coast of South Africa. This article is about the region in South Africa For other meanings see Overberg (disambiguation The Overberg is a region in

The Western Cape is exceptionally topographically diverse. Most of the province falls within the Cape Fold Belt, a range of sandstone folded mountains of Permian to Carboniferous age that range in height from 1000m to 2300m. The Cape Fold Belt is the folded sedimentary sequence of rocks in the southwestern corner of South Africa. The Permian is a geologic period and system that extends from 299 The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian period about 359 The valleys between ranges are generally very fertile and contains alluvial loamy to clay soils. The far interior forms part of the Karoo Basin and is generally arid and hilly with a sharp escarpment in the north. In Geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp steep Elevation differential characterized Coastal areas range from sandy between capes, to rocky to steep and mountainous in places. The Western Cape is also the southernmost region of the African continent with Cape Agulhas as its southernmost point, only 3800km from the Antarctic coastline. Cape Agulhas ( Portuguese: Cabo das Agulhas, "Cape of Needles" is the geographic southern tip of the African Continent

The total land area is 129,370 km², about 10. 6% of the country’s total. It is roughly the size of England or the US state of Louisiana. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America

Vegetation is also extremely diverse, with one of the world's seven floral kingdoms almost exclusively endemic to the province, namely the Cape Floral Kingdom, most of which is covered by Fynbos (Afrikaans: Fine Bush). The Cape floristic region is a Floristic region located in South Africa. Fynbos (ˈfəinbɒs or anglicised as /ˈfeɪnbɒs/ meaning "fine bush" in Afrikaans) is the natural Shrubland or heathland vegetation occurring It is extremely rich in species diversity, with more plant species occurring on Table Mountain than the entire United Kingdom. Table Mountain is a flat-topped Mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and is featured in the It is characterised by various types of shrubs, thousands of flowering plant species and some small trees.

The arid interior is dominated by Karoo drought-resistant shrubbery. The Karoo (a Khoisan word of uncertain etymology) is a semi- Desert region of South Africa. The West Coast and Little Karoo are semi-arid regions and are typified by many species of succulents and drought-resistant shrubs and acacia trees. A Semi-arid climate or steppe climate generally describes climatic regions that receive low annual Rainfall (250-500 mm or 10-20 in The Garden Route is extremely lush, with temperate rainforest (or Afromontane Forest) covering many areas adjacent to the coast and along the mountain ranges. The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the southern coast of South Africa. The Knysna-Amatole montane forests is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa. Typical species are hardwoods of exceptional height, such as Yellowwood, Stinkwood and Ironwood trees.

Municipalities

The Western Cape Province is made up of five District Municipalities subdivided into 24 Local Municipalities, along with one Metropolitan Municipality.

Climate

The Western Cape is also diverse climatologically, with many distinct micro- and macroclimates created by the varied topography and the influence of both the Indian (warm water) and Atlantic (cold water) oceans, thus climatic statistics can vary wildly over very short distances. The City of Cape Town ( Afrikaans: Stad Kaapstad; Xhosa: Isixeko saseKapa; officially the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality The West Coast District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Matzikama Local Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cederberg Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Bergrivier Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Saldanha Bay Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Swartland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Cape Winelands District Municipality, formerly the Boland District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Witzenberg Municipality is a Municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Drakenstein Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Stellenbosch Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Breede Valley Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Breede River/Winelands Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Theewaterskloof Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Overstrand Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Cape Agulhas Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Swellendam Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Eden District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Kannaland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Hessequa Local Municipality (or Langeberg Local Municipality before June 24 2005 is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Mossel Bay Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. George Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Oudtshoorn Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Bitou Local Municipality (formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality is a municipality part of Eden District Municipality located in the Western Cape Province Knysna Local Municipality is a municipality part of Eden District Municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Central Karoo District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Laingsburg Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Prince Albert Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Beaufort West Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface Most of the province is considered to have a Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. A Mediterranean climate is one that resembles the Climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, which includes over half of the area with this climate type world-wide The interior Karoo has a semi-arid climate with cold, frosty winters and hot summers with occasional thunderstorms. The Karoo (a Khoisan word of uncertain etymology) is a semi- Desert region of South Africa. A Semi-arid climate or steppe climate generally describes climatic regions that receive low annual Rainfall (250-500 mm or 10-20 in The Garden Route and the Overberg on the south coast have a maritime climate with cool, moist winters and mild, moist summers. The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the southern coast of South Africa. This article is about the region in South Africa For other meanings see Overberg (disambiguation The Overberg is a region in Mossel Bay in the Garden Route is considered to have the second mildest climate worldwide after Hawaii. Mossel Bay ( Mosselbaai in Afrikaans and Dutch) lies on the southern coast of South Africa, east of the Cape of Good Hope and west The Garden Route is a popular and scenic stretch of the southern coast of South Africa. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the

Thunderstorms are generally rare in the province, except in the Karoo interior, with most precipitation being of a frontal or orographic nature. The Karoo (a Khoisan word of uncertain etymology) is a semi- Desert region of South Africa. Orography is the average height of land measured in geopotential meters, over a certain domain Extremes of heat and cold are common inland, but rare near the coast. Snow is a common winter occurrence on the higher lying ground, however frost is relatively rare in coastal areas and many of the heavily cultivated valleys.

The dependency of the Prince Edward Islands are subantarctic islands, which experience year-round cool to cold temperatures with high precipitation and little annual deviation on both accounts. The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the Sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa.

Economy

See also: Western Cape wine
Agricultural town of Tulbagh
Agricultural town of Tulbagh

The Western Cape Province’s total GDP is the third-highest contribution to the country’s total, at 14. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the Cape Town International Airport (CTIA ( Afrikaans: Kaapstad Internasionale Lughawe) is an Airport in Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the George is a city in South Africa 's Western Cape Province. It has a population of approximately 104700 and is the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the Sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. Western Cape is a Geographical Unit within the Wine of Origin classification system of South African wine. Tulbagh is a town in the Tulbagh valley and is situated in the Witzenberg Local Municipality, with the valley called "Die Land van Waveren" locally 6%. The largest industry is the clothing and textile industry, which employs over 170,000 people. The textile industry is presently declining in importance, due to competition with cheaper Eastern producers, such as China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National High-tech industries, international call centres, fashion design, advertising and TV production are niche industries rapidly gaining in importance. The province also has a substantially lower unemployment rate than the other provinces; 17. 1% of the working population is unemployed.

The province has recently grown a massive tourism industry, with the majority of international tourist arrivals visiting the province, with Cape Town, Garden Route and the Winelands being popular tourist destinations. There were 1,535,903 international arrivals in 2004 with continued growth annually. Domestic tourism is also on the rise, as low-cost air carriers such as Kulula and 1Time making travel more affordable to more South Africans. Kululacom is a low-cost airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1Time is a low-cost airline based in Kempton Park Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Infrastructure and communications

The Western Cape has an excellent network of highways comparable with any first-world country. The primary highways are the N1 (from Cape Town to Three Sisters), N2 (from Cape Town to Bloukrans River), N7 (from Cape Town to Bitterfontein) and N12 (from George to Three Sisters). Other routes are the "R" roads and connect other areas. All major roads are tarred with major rural gravel roads well maintained. Limited access motorways are limited to the Cape Metropolitan Area, Winelands and Garden Route, however due to the low population density of the remainder of the province, the highways remain efficient and high-speed, except during peak holiday travel seasons, when travel can be slow-going in places due to heavy traffic.

Telecommunications in the province is highly sophisticated; however, landline telephone communications still leaves much to be desired (much due to the Telkom telecommunications parastatal's monopoly). All areas have internet access. Mobile cellular communications is world class with reception in all densely populated rural areas, all urban areas and along all major routes (including mountain passes and tunnels). All national banks are represented almost everywhere, including even the smallest of towns.

Demographics

Geographical distribution of home languages in the province.
Geographical distribution of home languages in the province.

As of the census of 2001, there are 4,524,336 people and 1,173,302 households residing in the Western Cape. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The population density is 34. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 97/km². The household density is 9. 07/km². The racial makeup of the Western Cape is Black 26. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse 68%, Coloured 53. In the South African Namibian Zambian Botswanan and Zimbabwean context the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense 91%, Indian/Asian 1. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country 00%, and White 18. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. 41%.

15. 6% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 3. 86.

In the province the population is spread out with 27. 3% under the age of 15, 19. 4% from 15 to 24, 32. 9% from 25 to 44, 15. 2% from 45 to 64, and 5. 2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 26 years. For every 100 females there are 94. 0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91. 3 males.

In the province 55. 3% of residents speak Afrikaans at home, 19. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in 3% speak English, 0. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 0% speak Ndebele, 23. 7% speak Xhosa, 0. See also Xhosa language The Xhosa (ǁʰɔsɑ( people are speakers of Bantu languages living in south-east South Africa, and in the last two 2% speak Zulu, 0. The Zulu ( IsiZulu: amaZulu) are the largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal 0% speak Northern Sotho, 0. Northern Sotho ( Sesotho sa Leboa in the language itself is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by nearly five million—4208980 people 7% speak Sotho, 0. 1% speak Tswana, 0. Tswana ( Motswana, plural Batswana) is the name of a Southern African people 0% speak Swati, 0. 0% speak Venda, and 0. Venda was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province 0% speak Tsonga. 0. 4% of the population speaks a non-official language at home.

81. 8% of residents are Christian, 9. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings 0% have no religion, 6. Atheism 5% are Muslim, 0. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. 4% are Jewish, and 0. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut 2% are Hindu. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. 2. 1% have other or undetermined beliefs.

5. 7% of residents aged 20 and over have received no schooling, 15. 2% have had some primary school, 7. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory 9% have completed only primary school, 36. 5% have had some high school education, 23. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution 4% have finished only high school, and 11. 2% have an education higher than the high school level. Overall, 34. 6% of residents have completed high school.

63. 1% of housing units have a telephone and/or cell-phone in the dwelling, 34. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information 2% have access to a phone nearby, and 2. 7% have access that is not nearby or no access. 86. 5% of households have a flush or chemical toilet. A toilet is a Plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes: Urine and fecal matter. 87. 8% have refuse removed by the municipality at least once a week and 1. WASTE is a Peer-to-peer and Friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features 4% have no rubbish disposal. 67. 5% have running water inside their dwelling, 85. 2% have running water on their property, and 98. 3% have access to running water. 78. 8% of households use electricity for cooking, 73. 4% for heating, and 88. 0% for lighting. 79. 1% of households have a radio, 74. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. 1% have a television, 18. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic 2% own a computer, 73. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. 5% have a refrigerator, and 41. A refrigerator (often called a " fridge " for short is a cooling appliance comprising a thermally insulated compartment and a Heat pump - 4% have a cell-phone.

17. 1% of the population aged 15-65 is unemployed. Of the unemployed persons, 53. 4% are Black, 43. 0% are Coloured, 0. 4% are Indian/Asian, and 3. 2% are White. 23. 3% of Black are unemployed, 9. 3% of Coloureds, 5. 0% of Indians/Asians, and 2. 0% of Whites.

The median annual income of working adults aged 15-65 in the Western Cape is R 18,703 (US$2,811). Males have a median annual income of R 21,048 (US$3,164) versus R 17,035 (US$2,560) for females. The median annual income by race is R 12,213 (US$1,836) for Blacks, R 16,354 (US$2,458) for Coloureds, R 42,803 (US$6,434) for Indians/Asian), and R 64,968 (US$9,765) for Whites. The annual income distribution is:

Statistics South Africa Census 2001

Important cities and towns

See also List of cities and towns in the Western Cape

Population 1,000,000+ (urbanised area)

Population 50,000+ (urbanised area)

Population 10,000+ (urbanised area)

Population < 10,000

Education

The Western Cape is the most highly educated province with a very skilled workforce in comparison to any other African region. This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the George is a city in South Africa 's Western Cape Province. It has a population of approximately 104700 and is the administrative and commercial hub of the Garden Paarl (derived from Parel, meaning Pearl in Dutch is the third oldest European settlement in the Republic of South Africa (after Cape Stellenbosch (ˈstɛlənbɒs is the second oldest European settlement in the Western Cape Province, South Africa after Cape Town, and is situated Swellendam Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Worcester, in the Western Cape South Africa, with a population of 76894 is the largest town in the Breede River Valley Bredasdorp is a small Overberg town located in the Western Cape Province in South Africa Ceres is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Hermanus (originally called Hermanuspietersfontein is a town (population 48346 on the southern coast of South Africa and is famous as a place from which to watch Knysna ( probably from a Khoikhoi word meaning "ferns" is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Malmesbury lies in an area known as the Swartland (‘black land’ due to the dark "Renosterbos" ('rhino bush' an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm Montagu is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plet or Plett, is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Riversdale is a town located on the N2 highway between Cape Town and George on the Agulhas Coastal Plain of the southern Western Cape province of Robertson is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa known as the valley of wine and roses Tulbagh is a town in the Tulbagh valley and is situated in the Witzenberg Local Municipality, with the valley called "Die Land van Waveren" locally Wellington is a town in the Western Cape Winelands 45 minutes from Cape Town in South Africa with a population of approximately 55 000 Arniston is a small seaside settlement in the Overberg region on the Cape South coast close to Cape Agulhas, the southern-most tip of Africa Elim is a village on the Agulhas Plain in the Western Cape of South Africa. Napier, a small town situated in the Overberg ( South Africa) was established in 1838 through a dispute between two neighbours Solomon Vandi and Colonel Kotzee over Struisbaai is a coastal settlement in South Africa's Western Cape province The high school graduation (matric: South African colloquial) rate is consistently around 80%, higher than any other province. The province also boasts two internationally acclaimed universities, namely Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town. Stellenbosch University ( Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch) is an internationally recognised University which is situated in the town of Stellenbosch The University of Cape Town ( UCT) is a Public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak, in Cape Town Quality of education remains a problem in previously disadvantaged areas (product of apartheid Bantu Education System). The South African government has shown a keen interest in bolstering the education system and quality seems to be improving.

Colleges and universities

External links

References

Stellenbosch University ( Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch) is an internationally recognised University which is situated in the town of Stellenbosch The University of Cape Town ( UCT) is a Public university located on the Rhodes Estate on the slopes of Devil's Peak, in Cape Town The University of the Western Cape ( UWC) is a university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the first and only University of Technology in the Western
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