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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Other non-marine Cretaceous rock exposures exist in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

As the supercontinent Gondwana began to break apart near the end of the Jurassic Period and into the early Cretaceous Period, smaller basins formed in what are now the Western Cape and Eastern 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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