The Cape Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Cape_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:abolished 1910
gptkbp:area about 583,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Natal
gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkb:Transvaal
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Cape_Colony
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:conqueredYear 1795
gptkbp:currency Cape pound
gptkbp:established 1652
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:Dutch_East_India_Company
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_Cape_Colony
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Cape Colony
gptkbp:incorporated gptkb:Union_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:East_London
gptkb:Port_Elizabeth
gptkb:Stellenbosch
gptkb:Grahamstown
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Great_Trek
gptkb:Abolition_of_slavery_(1834)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Lord_Charles_Somerset
gptkb:Sir_George_Grey
gptkbp:officialLanguage Dutch
English
gptkbp:populationCensus1904 2,409,804
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dutch_Cape_Colony
gptkb:Batavian_Republic
gptkbp:recapturedBy gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:reconqueredYear 1806
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:Dutch_(Batavian_Republic)
gptkbp:returnYear 1803
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Cape_Province
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cape_region_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7