Dutch Cape Colony
Dutch colony in Southern Africa, 1652–1795 and 1802–1806
The Dutch Cape Colony was a colony started by the Dutch East India Company. The colony was in South Africa, at the Cape of Good Hope.
Cape Colony Kaapkolonie (Dutch) | |||||||
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| 1652–1806 | |||||||
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 VOC Cape Colony at its largest extent in 1795 | |||||||
| Status | Colony under Company rule (1652–1795) British occupation (1795–1803) Colony of the Batavian Republic (1803–1806) | ||||||
| Capital | Castle of Good Hope (1st) Kaapstad (2nd) | ||||||
| Official language | Dutch | ||||||
Common languages | Afrikaans Xiri !Orakobab (Korana language) Khoekhoe isiXhosa | ||||||
| Religion | Dutch Reformed native beliefs | ||||||
| Governor | |||||||
• 1652–1662 | Jan van Riebeeck | ||||||
• 1662–1666 | Zacharias Wagenaer | ||||||
• 1771–1785 | Joachim van Plettenberg | ||||||
• 1803–1806 | Jan Willem Janssens | ||||||
| Historical era | Imperialism | ||||||
| 6 April 1652 | |||||||
• Elevated to Governorate | 1691 | ||||||
| 7 August 1795 | |||||||
| 1 March 1803 | |||||||
| 8 January 1806 | |||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1797 | 61,947 | ||||||
| Currency | Dutch rijksdaalder | ||||||
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| Today part of | South Africa | ||||||
