| LC control no. | no 95037413 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Western Cape (South Africa) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | South Africa--Western Cape |
| Variant(s) | Intshona Koloni (South Africa) Province of the Western Cape (South Africa) Province of Western Cape (South Africa) Provinsie Wes-Kaap (South Africa) Wes-Kaap (South Africa) |
| See also | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Found in | Provincial statistics. Part 1, Western Cape, 1994: t.p. (Wes-Kaap) Its Provinsiale koerant, 19 Aug. 1994: t.p. (Provinsie Wes-Kaap; Province of Western Cape) Economist, Apr. 23-29, 1994: p. 22 (Western Cape, one of the nine new provinces of South Africa) Phone call to BGN, 3 Aug. 1995 (offical name: Province of the Western Cape) 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) Basil February, 1943-1967: poster recto (Wes-Kaap, Western Cape, Intshona Koloni) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 34°00ʹ00ʺS 020°00ʹ00ʺE) GEOnet names server, July 7, 2019 (Western Cape; Province of the Western Cape; first-order administrative division, South Africa, 34°00ʹ00ʺS, 020°00ʹ00ʺE (-34, 20)) |
| Geographic area code | f-sa--- |
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