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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