Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Kaapland (South Africa)
Cape Province (South Africa)
Kapland (South Africa)
Cap de Bonne-Espérance (South Africa)
Kaap die Goeie Hoop (South Africa)
Kapprovinz (South Africa)
Kaapprovinsie (South Africa)

Beck, H. Die Entwicklung der südafrikanischen Verfassung im Hinblick auf das Wahlrecht der Coloureds in der Kapprovinz, 1976.
Web. geog. (Cape Province or officially Cape of Good Hope or Afrikaans Kaapprovinsie; before 1910 Cape Colony. Former province, Rep. of South Africa. History: colony founded by Dutch who began settlement at Table Bay 1652; occupied by British 1795-1803 and 1806-14; ceded to British by Dutch 1814; Natal united with Cape Colony for administrative purposes c. 1843-56; annexed British Kaffraria mid-19th cent. and British Bechuanaland 1895; administered Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) 1871-84; received responsible government 1872; joined Union of South Africa 1910, subsequently Rep. of South Africa 1961; ceased to exist as an administrative entity 1994 and roughly split into Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape provs.)
Columbia gaz. (Cape Province or Cape of Good Hope Colony, former province, S Republic of South Afr., now divided into 3 provs.: Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (cape; 34°21ʹ31ʺS 018°28ʹ22ʺE)

Old catalog heading: Cape of Good Hope

1910 - 1994