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British Cape Colony

Cape of Good Hope
Kaap de Goede Hoop
British colony
1795–1910
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
God Save the King (1795–1837; 1901–1910)
God Save the Queen (1837–1901)
The Cape of Good Hope c. 1890
with Griqualand East and Griqualand West annexed
and Stellaland/Goshen (in light red) claimed
Capital Cape Town
Languages English, Dutch (official¹)
Khoekhoe, Xhosa also spoken
Religion Dutch Reformed Church, Anglican, San religion
Government Constitutional monarchy
King/Queen
 •  1795–1820 George III
 •  1820–1830 George IV
 •  1830–1837 William IV
 •  1837–1901 Victoria
 •  1901–1910 Edward VII
Governor
 •  1797–1798 George Macartney
 •  1901–1910 Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Prime Minister
 •  1872–1878 John Charles Molteno
 •  1908–1910 John X. Merriman
Historical era Imperialism
 •  Established 1795
 •  Dutch colony 1803–1806
 •  Anglo-Dutch treaty 1814
 •  Natal incorporated 1844
 •  Disestablished 1910
Area
 •  1822 331,900 km² (128,147 sq mi)
 •  1910 569,020 km² (219,700 sq mi)
Population
 •  1822 est. 110,380 
     Density 0.3 /km²  (0.9 /sq mi)
 •  1865 census est. 496,381 
 •  1910 est. 2,564,965 
     Density 4.5 /km²  (11.7 /sq mi)
Currency Pound sterling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Dutch Cape Colony
British Bechuanaland
Union of South Africa
Basutoland
Today part of  Namibia²
 South Africa
¹ Dutch was the sole official language until 1806, when the British officially replaced Dutch with English. Dutch was reincluded as a second official language in 1882.
² Penguin Islands and Walvis Bay
Cape Colony
history
Pre-1806
1806–1870
1870–1899
1899–1910

The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), was a British colony in present-day South Africa and Namibia, named after the Cape of Good Hope. The British colony was preceded by an earlier Dutch colony of the same name, the Kaap de Goede Hoop, established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch lost the colony to Britain following the 1795 Battle of Muizenberg, but had it returned following the 1802 Peace of Amiens. It was re-occupied by the British following the Battle of Blaauwberg in 1806, and British possession affirmed with the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814.

The Cape of Good Hope then remained in the British Empire, becoming self-governing in 1872, and uniting with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa in 1910. It then was renamed the Cape of Good Hope Province. South Africa became fully independent in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster. Following the 1994 creation of the present-day South African provinces, the Cape of Good Hope Province was partitioned into the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape, with smaller parts in North West province.


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