History of Cape Town
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This article is about the history of Cape Town; for the modern-day city, see Cape Town.
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoi language meaning "where clouds gather."[7]
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1658 | 360 | — |
1731 | 3,157 | +3.02% |
1836 | 20,000 | +1.77% |
1875 | 45,000 | +2.10% |
1891 | 67,000 | +2.52% |
1901 | 171,000 | +9.82% |
1950 | 618,000 | +2.66% |
1955 | 705,000 | +2.67% |
1960 | 803,000 | +2.64% |
1965 | 945,000 | +3.31% |
1970 | 1,114,000 | +3.35% |
1975 | 1,339,000 | +3.75% |
1980 | 1,609,000 | +3.74% |
1985 | 1,933,000 | +3.74% |
1990 | 2,296,000 | +3.50% |
1996 | 2,565,018 | +1.86% |
2001 | 2,892,243 | +2.43% |
2007 | 3,497,097 | +3.22% |
2011 | 3,740,025 | +1.69% |
2016 | 4,005,016 | +1.38% |
Note: Census figures (1996–2011) cover figures after 1994 reflect the greater Cape Town metropolitan municipality reflecting post-1994 reforms. Sources: 1658–1904,[1] 1950–1990,[2]
1996,[3] 2001, and 2011 Census;[4] 2007,[5] 2016 Census estimates.[6] |
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