Fondly known as the 'mother city' and located on the Western Cape of South Africa, the city of Cape Town is the very heart and soul of South Africa. Founded in 1652, it is the only major business district in South Africa and with a population of over 3,500,000, it is also the largest. Cradled in the arms of the imposing Table Mountain and surrounded by two oceans, Cape Town is part of a beautiful and diverse landscape. Both its population and architecture are extremely diverse and encompass influences from the Indonesian, French, Dutch, British, and German settlers as well as the native Afrikaners who inhabit the Western Cape of South Africa.

The landscape of Cape Town is unforgettable. The most outstanding feature of Cape Town is the constant and unavoidable presence of Table Mountain. Rising over 3,300 feet above the city bowl of Cape Town, it dominates the city and much of the Western Cape of South Africa. Riding the cable cars through the clouds to the top affords both a view of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans as well as the cliffs and coastline of the Cape. The weather of the Western Cape is generally mild year round, which makes Cape Town a pleasant place to live and work.

This includes the suburbs, which are scattered around the entire mountain. Here, you will find the residential neighborhoods of Cape Town, which are truly diverse and representative of the different cultures of the Western Cape of South Africa. There is plenty of local shopping here, as well as trendy restaurants and the largest collection of Cape Dutch style architecture in the entire world.

Attractions abound in and around Cape Town. While the more popular pastimes are diamond shopping, whale watching, and going to the pristine beaches known as the South African Riviera, there are important historical sites to see as well. Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for his opposition to apartheid, and the Castle of Good Hope are now symbols of the progress that the Western Cape of South Africa has made toward equality for all people.

Reminders like this keep Cape Town and the Western Cape of South Africa on track to becoming the world class venue that it needs to be in order to keep growing economically. Apartheid, which was introduced in 1948, kept South Africa from realizing its dreams for decades. With the decline of apartheid, the city of Cape Town has seen phenomenal economic growth.

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Tourism, manufacturing, mining, drilling for oil, and the importing and exporting of goods are driving the economic boom in the Western Cape of South Africa. Many major companies now have headquarters in Cape Town, and the real estate market is thriving.

Cape Town is also the center of the educational system on the Western Cape of South Africa. The University of Cape Town and the Stellenbosch University are located here and are the leading universities in South Africa.

Cape Town is definitely the most extraordinary city on the Western Cape of South Africa, and by international standards is considered to be a world class venue. It has overcome much political adversity to become a strong city for the western Cape of South Africa and a very bright economic future is predicted for this incredible city.