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Transport and Foreign Trade in Cape Town: second South African economic centre, Western Cape (South Africa)

Cape Town is the centre of the legislative power and one of the three capitals of South Africa (Southern Africa)

1. Population of Cape Town: 0,4 millions inhabitants
   1. Population of the Cape Town agglomeration: 3,7 millions inhabitants
   2. Cape Town is the second most populous South African urban area after Johannesburg
   3. 42% of the population of Cape Town is «colored», 39% «African black» and 16% «white»
2. The seat of the Parliament of South Africa is in Cape Town
3. Cape Town is the second South African economic centre and one of the most important in Africa
4. Main economic activities in Cape Town: agriculture, port activities, manufacturing, business services, transport and logistics, fishing, textiles and wood products manufacture.
5. Construction boom
6. Cape Town is considered as the most entrepreneurial city in South Africa
7. Woolworths is an important business district of Cape Town
   1. Pick'n Pay Stores and Shoprite (distribution and fashion)
   2. Sanlam (financial services)
   3. Cape Ray (medical devices)
   4. Ceres Fruit Juices (fruit juices)
   5. ICS (one of the largest meat distribution companies in the world)
8. Major multinationals in Cape Town: Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Levi Strauss, Adidas

Logistics and Transportation in Cape Town (South Africa)

1. Port of Cape Town (Cape Town)
   1. Port of Cape Town is located in the Table Bay
   2. Port of Cape Town is a South Atlantic Maritime transport hub
   3. The second largest port in South Africa, after the port of Durban
   4. Shipbuilding companies
   5. Port of Simon's Town is the main base of the South African Navy.
2. Cape Town International Airport
3. Railways toward Johannesburg via Kimberley, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg
4. Railway: Cape Town - Gaborone (Botswana) - Harare (Zimbabwe)
5. Roads:
   1. Road N1: Cape Town, Edgemead, Parow, Bellville, Brackenfell, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg (Ekurhuleni), Pretoria and Zimbabwe
   2. Road N2: Cape Town, Rondebosch, Guguletu, Khayelitsha, Macassar, Somerset West, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban
   3. Road N7: Cape Town, Wingfield, Edgemead, Northern Cape province and Namibia.

South African Students from Cape Town

1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
2. Doctorate in African Business

More information: Trade and Business in South Africa, at EENI Global Business School Website.

Cheryl Carolus (Cape Town)

1. IKapa in Xhosa language
2. Kaapstad in Afrikaans language
3. Cape Town is the capital of the Western Cape province of South Africa
4. Most spoken language in Cape Town: English
5. Cape Town is on the shore of Table Bay in the Atlantic Ocean
6. Mediterranean climate
7. Koeberg nuclear power plant
8. 1652: foundation of Cape Town by Jan van Riebeeck (Dutch Cape Colony)

South African province: Western Cape (Western Cape)

1. Capital of the Western Cape Province: Cape Town
2. Largest city of the Western Cape Province: Cape Town
3. Population of the Western Cape Province: 5.9 millions inhabitants
4. Area of the Western Cape Province: 129.462 kilometres
5. Western Cape is a major tourist region in South Africa
6. UNESCO declared Robben Island a World Heritage Site in 1999

Higher Education in Cape Town (South Africa)

1. University of Cape Town
2. University of Western Cape Town
3. University of Technology, Cape Town
4. University of Stellenbosch

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