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	Cape Town is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 18, 2006.
Article milestones Date Process Result May 28, 2006 Peer review Reviewed June 23, 2006 Featured article candidate Promoted February 18, 2008 Featured article review Demoted Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 6, 2007, April 6, 2008, April 6, 2009, April 6, 2010, April 6, 2013, and April 6, 2015. Current status: Former featured article

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Section sizes Section size for Cape Town (47 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 13,092 13,092 History 65 30,208 Early period 2,587 2,587 Dutch period 2,614 2,614 British period 6,077 6,077 South African period 2,144 18,865 Apartheid era 6,982 6,982 Post-apartheid era 9,739 9,739 Geography and the natural environment 1,748 36,974 Extent 7,127 7,127 Geology 2,212 2,212 Climate 8,093 13,228 Climate change 5,135 5,135 Hydrology 132 2,997 Sea surface temperatures 2,865 2,865 Flora and fauna 9,662 9,662 Government 3,840 7,772 International relations 1,533 3,932 2022 invasion of Ukraine 2,399 2,399 Demographics 13,686 26,548 Religion 6,217 6,217 Crime 6,645 6,645 Economy 7,206 27,233 Major companies 4,771 4,771 Inequality 3,059 3,059 Tourism 12,197 12,197 Infrastructure and services 1,560 32,285 Health 1,477 1,477 Education 5,590 5,590 Water supply 694 2,956 Water crisis of 2017 to 2018 2,262 2,262 Transport 17 20,702 Air 3,568 3,568 Sea 4,810 4,810 Rail 905 905 Road 5,206 5,206 Buses 214 2,431 MyCiTi 2,217 2,217 Taxis 3,765 3,765 Culture 4,659 21,508 Cuisine 2,986 2,986 Media 5,041 5,041 Sport and recreation 8,822 8,822 See also 145 145 Notes 26 26 References 9,886 9,886 External links 1,187 1,187 Total 206,864 206,864

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@ answer phone call now retrace this backwards 2601:582:8100:1E00:4CB8:C59D:D26D:215 (talk) 19:08, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Description of the settlement of cape town 102.249.0.210 (talk) 09:32, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Wesley olis: you have communicated with me via email to complain about this edit. Such discussions should be held on the talk page of the article and not by email.

I removed a large accumulation of external links in keeping with the policy WP:LINKFARM ("Wikipedia is not ... a repository of links") and Wikipedia:External links. There are, no doubt, hundreds of thousands of links potentially relevant to Cape Town but we don't list them all at the end of the article.

If you disagree with my edit you can revert it and then further discussion can take place here amongst the editors of this article. See WP:Bold, revert, discuss. - htonl (talk) 19:04, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the post-aparthied history section of this article is a bit of a mess. It seems to contain significant content that is not, yet, history and is very much a part of the present. There are at least two passages that likley should be moved to other, better suited, sections of the article. Such as:

"The Democratic Alliance (DA), a liberal political party which came to power in Cape Town in 2006, has been credited with improving bureaucratic efficiency, public safety and fostering economic development. Opinion polls show that South Africans see it as the best governed province and city in the country. Of South Africa’s 257 municipalities, only 38 received a clean financial audit in 2022 from the Auditor-General. Of those, 21 were in the Western Cape. "

This section should rather be moved to the politics section, it is not yet history but seems more like current affairs.

And:

"The legacy of apartheid's spatial planning is still evident, with significant disparities between affluent areas and impoverished townships. 60% of the city's population live in townships and informal settlements far from the city centre. The legacy of Apartheid means Cape Town remains one of the most racially segregated cities in South Africa. Many Black South Africans continue to live in informal settlements with limited access to basic services such as healthcare, education, and sanitation. The unemployment rate remains high at 23% (though nearly 10 points lower than the nationwide average), particularly among historically disadvantaged groups, and economic opportunities are unevenly distributed."

This section should rather be moved to either the Infrastructure and services section or the Geography section of the article, also because it is current affairs and not yet history. -- Discott (talk) 19:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree mostly with the first point as the content discussed is very current affairs-specific, but I feel like the part about apartheid's present-day impacts belongs at the end of the History section as a sort of segue. It should be made more specific and historically-focused, sure, but at its heart it is about a historical period and its impacts on present-day Cape Town. That portion also wouldn't fit well with any other content currently in the Geography or Infrastructure and Services sections (not necessarily a reason to keep in History, but still worth mentioning). SunTunnels (talk) 02:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]