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Western Cape

British

noun

Also called: Western Province. a province of W South Africa, created in 1994 from the SW part of Cape Province: agriculture (esp fruit), wine making, fishing, various industries in Cape Town. Capital: Cape Town. Pop: 4 570 696 (2004 est). Area: 129 370 sq km (49 950 sq miles)

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In 2025, scientists reported dinosaur tracks about 140 million years old on a remote stretch of coastline in South Africa's Western Cape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

They also represent only the second known set of Cretaceous dinosaur tracks in South Africa, and the second from the Western Cape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The city is the capital of the Western Cape, the only of nine provinces run by the DA.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The DA runs the Western Cape province and its capital city, Cape Town, seen as among the better-managed municipalities in the country.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

I shall be a Boer from Western Cape Colony: one of Maritz's old lot who after a bit of trouble has got through Angola and reached Europe.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

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