Back Wes-Kaap AF كيب الغربية Arabic Provincia Cabu Occidental AST Qərbi Keyp vilayəti AZ Заходне-Капская правінцыя BE Западен Кейп Bulgarian পশ্চিম কেপ Bengali/Bangla Kab ar C'hornaoueg BR Cap Occidental Catalan Western Cape CEB
Western Cape
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| Motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) | |
 Map showing the location of the Western Cape in the south-western part of South Africa in red | |
| Coordinates: 34°S 20°E / 34°S 20°E | |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Established | 27 April 1994 |
| Capital | Cape Town |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliamentary system |
| • Premier | Alan Winde (DA) |
| • Legislature | Western Cape Provincial Parliament |
| Area [1]: 9 | |
| • Total | 129,462 km2 (49,986 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th in South Africa |
| Highest elevation | 2,325 m (7,628 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 7,426,673 |
| • Rank | 3rd in South Africa |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th in South Africa |
| Population groups | |
| • Coloured | 42% |
| • Black | 39% |
| • White | 16% |
| • Indian or Asian | 1% |
| Languages [1]: 25 | |
| • Afrikaans | 41% |
| • Xhosa | 31% |
| • English | 22% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| ISO 3166 code | ZA-WC |
| GDP | US$56.3 billion[3] |
| HDI (2019) | 0.745[4] high · 1st of 9 |
| Website | www |
| Xhosa | iNtshona-Koloni |
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| Afrikaans | Wes-Kaap |
| Sepedi | Kapa Bodikela |
| Sesotho | Kapa Bophirimela |
| Setswana | Kapa Bophirima |
| Xitsonga | Kapa Vupela-dyambu |
| Venda | Kapa Vhukovhela |
The Western Cape (Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]; Xhosa: iNtshona-Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020.[5] About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George.
- ^ a b Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885.
- ^ Census 2022:Statistical Release (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2022.
- ^ "Provincial gross domestic product:experimental estimates, 2013–2022" (PDF), www.statssa.gov.za
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Statistics South Africa, 2020. Mid- year population estimates. Available: http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0302/P03022020.pdf