Fun Facts

The Port of Cape Town is supposed to be one of the busiest shipping corridors in the world.

52 million people live in South Africa (2013)

The median age in Cape Town is 26-years-old,with almost half the population less than 24-years-old.

Cape Town is about 3 times the size of New York City, but has 5.25 million fewer inhabitants! That puts about 23,000 people fewer in your particular sq mile :o)

Cape Town’s land area is 2,499 square kilometres (965 sq mi) with a population of 2,893,251 and a population density of 1,158 people per sq km (2,999 per sq mile)

In 2010 the Western Cape exported 374.8 million litres of wine.

The Western Cape region has been famous for its wine since the late 18th century and exports wine all over the world.

Around 11,5 million hectare of land in the Western Cape Province is cultivated.

Elgin is the coolest wine growing area along South Africa’s south coast. Situated some 70 kilometers east of Cape Town, this bountiful valley is developing a reputation for outstanding wines,…

Ceres in the Western Cape is named after the Roman goddess of fertility, Ceres is a lush valley full of fruit orchards.

South Africa has the most luxurious train in the world, The Rovos Rail.

Three of the five fastest land animals live in South Africa – the cheetah (63 miles per hour), the wildebeest, and the lion.

South Africa is the sole producer of the Mercedes Benz C Class, right-hand drive vehicles .

South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world, just across the Vaal River near Parys, called the Vredefort Dome. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water.

South Africa is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapons program.

Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.

Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world.

Cape Town was Voted Favourite Foreign City by the UK Telegraph in 2004.

Cape Town was originally home to the Khoi and San, nomads who made a living on hunting and gathering.

Cape Town is home to the world’s largest individually timed cycle race, the Cape Argus Cycle Tour.

The Cape Town Stadium was built ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and hosted eight soccer matches during the tournament, including the semi-final between Uruguay and The Netherlands.

Cape Town was officially founded in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck of the Dutch East India Company based in The Netherlands arrived to set up a halfway point for ships…

Cape Town lies in the GMT +2 time zone and does not have daylight saving time.

South Africa has 11 official languages, though most people can speak English. Afrikaans and Xhosa are also widely spoken in Cape Town and the Western Cape.

Cape Town was named the World Design Capital for 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

Canal Walk (in the Cape Town Northern suburbs) is the 3rd largest shopping centre in Africa.

The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is the oldest building in South Africa. It was built between 1666 and 1679 by the Dutch East India company.

Cape Town is sometimes called the “Tavern of the seas”.

The world’s first heart transplant was performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town in 1967.

The City of Cape Town’s motto is “Spes Bona”, which is Latin for “good hope”.

About 3.5-million people live in Cape Town, South Africa’s second most-populated city.

cape Point falls within the southern section of Table Mountain National Park.

The Cape Peninsula has over 2600 fynbos plant species.

Some of the most famous wine makers of the last century have made wine for a number of different wine farms during their time.

The Graham Beck wine farm has four estates growing a range of different fruits, both red and white, which are then made into wine at two different locations.

Some wine farms in South Africa may even have more than one estate, perhaps spread over different districts or regions, in order to get better diversity in the taste of…

The majority of wine farms in South Africa are not limited to one single varietal of wine, and instead produce both red and white grapes.

The region where the grapes are grown, and where wine farms are found, is also known as the Winelands of South Africa.

Table Mountain National Park forms part of the Cape Floral Region, a World Heritage Site.

South Africa is home to a growing number of wine farms, and there are between 800 and 1000 at present.