Outline of Cape Town

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cape Town:

View north-eastwards across the city bowl of Cape Town from Lion's Head

Cape Town – capital city of the Western Cape province and legislative capital of South Africa.

General reference

Geography
Cape Town viewed from Lion's Head

Geography of Cape Town

  • Cape Town is:
  • Population of Cape Town: 433,688
  • Area of Cape Town: 400.28 km2 (154.55 sq mi)
Cape Town

Kaapstad
Cape Town
Location within South Africa
Coordinates: 33°55′31″S 18°25′26″E

Location

Environment
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos growing in Table Mountain National Park
Table Bay
Pride of Table Mountain (Disa uniflora), an orchid common on Table Mountain
View of Lion's Head

Natural geographic features
View of Table Mountain seen from Bloubergstrand, flanked by Devil's Peak on the left and Lion's Head on the right

Regions
Bantry Bay
Camps Bay, an affluent suburb of Cape Town
Sea Point, one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs
View of Simon's Town

Suburbs

Suburbs of Cape Town

Neighbourhoods

Places of interest
The Cape Town International Convention Centre
The Castle of Good Hope

Bridges

Cultural and exhibition centres

Fortifications

Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula

Monuments and memorials
The Rhodes Memorial

Museums and art galleries
Iziko South African National Gallery

Museums in Cape Town

Parks and gardens
Arderne Gardens
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Public squares

Religious buildings
Church of the Good Shepherd on Robben Island
The Cape Town City Hall, with Table Mountain in the background
Disa Park
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Maclear's Beacon, a triangulation station used in the calculation of the curvature of the Earth
Lion's Head, part of the Table Mountain National Park

Secular buildings

Shopping areas, malls and markets

Streets

Theatres

Triangulation station

World Heritage Sites

Demographics

Demographics of Cape Town

Government and politics
Houses of Parliament, the old assembly building

Politics of Cape Town

Law and justice

History

Culture
Cape Dutch architecture, a traditional Afrikaner architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape

Architecture

Architecture of Cape Town

Music and dance
Strubenholm, the home of the South African College of Music
Artscape Theatre Centre, the main performing arts centre in Cape Town

Theatre
Cape Town in art: Table Mountain and Cape Town by William Hodges, Iziko William Fehr Collection
Public art in Cape Town: Statues of Nobel Prize winners at Nobel Square

Visual arts
Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa
The Gatsby, a sandwich originated in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town

Cuisine

Events

Festivals

Languages

Media

People from Cape Town

Religion

Sports
2010 FIFA World Cup fans
The Cape Town Stadium
The Newlands Cricket Ground

Sports in Cape Town

Economy and infrastructure
The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
The Cape of Good Hope
Tourism, an important sector in the Cape Town's economy

Economy of Cape Town

Transportation
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
Port of Cape Town, as seen from Signal Hill
N2 highway, entering the City Bowl
Southern Line railway as it approaches Simon's Town

Transport in Cape Town

Rail transport

Rail transport in Cape Town

Education
University of Cape Town's main campus
Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital[1]

Education in Cape Town

Healthcare

Healthcare in Cape Town

See also

References
  1. "A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town" (PDF).

Wikimedia Atlas of Cape Town

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