History of 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."
| History of South Africa |
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| List of years in South Africa |
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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, 1950–1990,
1996, 2001, and 2011 Census; 2007, 2016 Census estimates. | ||
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