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In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, Jan van Riebeeck established a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope, at what would become Cape Town, on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch transported slaves from Indonesia, Madagascar, and India as labour for the colonists in Cape Town. As they expanded east, the Dutch settlers met the southwesterly migrating Xhosa people in the region of the Fish River. A series of wars, called the Cape Frontier Wars, were fought over conflicting land and livestock interests.

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rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Republic of South Africa
rdfs:comment
  • In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, Jan van Riebeeck established a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope, at what would become Cape Town, on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch transported slaves from Indonesia, Madagascar, and India as labour for the colonists in Cape Town. As they expanded east, the Dutch settlers met the southwesterly migrating Xhosa people in the region of the Fish River. A series of wars, called the Cape Frontier Wars, were fought over conflicting land and livestock interests.
established event
  • Independence
dcterms:subject
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symbol type
  • Seal
map caption
  • Location of South Africa
largest settlement type
  • city
leader name
cctld
  • .sa
established date
  • 1932(xsd:integer)
Language
  • English
Currency
  • South African Dollar
Ethnic Groups
  • English, German, Afrikaners, Zulu, Xhosa,
population estimate
  • 72354034(xsd:integer)
GDP nominal year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
currency code
  • SAD
image map
  • BlankMap-World-Subdivisions.png
government type
  • Republic
native name
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Republik Südafrika
Calling Code
  • +28
GDP nominal
  • 1.045E12
GDP PPP year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
Gini
  • 4(xsd:double)
HDI
  • 0(xsd:double)
image coat
  • South_Africa.jpg
alt flag
GDP PPP
  • 1.34E12
Leader title
Largest City
Capital
Motto
  • "Viribus Unitis"
GDP nominal per capita
  • 34344.0
HDI category
  • very high
Anthem
image flag
  • 594(xsd:integer)
HDI year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
GDP PPP per capita
  • 34322.0
population estimate year
  • 2011(xsd:integer)
Common name
  • South Africa
abstract
  • In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, Jan van Riebeeck established a refreshment station at the Cape of Good Hope, at what would become Cape Town, on behalf of the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch transported slaves from Indonesia, Madagascar, and India as labour for the colonists in Cape Town. As they expanded east, the Dutch settlers met the southwesterly migrating Xhosa people in the region of the Fish River. A series of wars, called the Cape Frontier Wars, were fought over conflicting land and livestock interests. Great Britain took over the Cape of Good Hope area in 1795, to prevent it from falling under control of the French First Republic, which had invaded the Dutch Republic. Given its standing interests in Australia and India, Great Britain wanted to use Cape Town as an interim port for its merchants' long voyages. The British returned Cape Town to the Dutch Batavian Republic in 1803, the Dutch East India Company having effectively gone bankrupt by 1795. During the 1830s, approximately 12,000 Boers (later known as Voortrekkers), departed from the Cape Colony, where they had been subjected to British control. They migrated to the future Natal, Orange Free State, and Transvaal regions. The Boers founded the Boer Republics: the South African Republic (now Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West provinces) and the Orange Free State (Free State).
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