Skip to main content
City of Cape Town
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
City of Cape Town
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

City of Cape Town

Founded 1652
View Related Artifacts
Place ActiveCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 with a municipal government first established in 1839, Cape Town, South Africa was the first European settlement in southern Africa and is today the legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa.