The Historical Evolution of Cape Town

The first Europeans who arrived here were led by Diaz in 1486. Later, Portuguese navigator vasco da gama opened a direct flight from Europe to Asia and arrived here on 1497. In addition, Table Mountain was named after another Portuguese navigator, Antonio da Saldanha, which means "Taboa da caba". Prior to this, the original name of this mountain was Hoeri 'kwaggo, which was played by local Khoi people.

The close ties between Cape Town and Europe began at 1652. Dutch captain Jan van Riebeeck and other employees of the Dutch East India Company were sent to this place to set up a stopover station, which was supplied by ships sailing for Asia. Their three ships arrived at 1652 on April 6th. They quickly established a garrison, vegetable gardens and orchards, which have been preserved to this day and become today's company vegetable gardens. They opened a diversion channel from Danshui River in Table Mountain to bring the river water for irrigation, and exchanged their own crops with the indigenous koi fish people for sheep and calves. In addition, the forests in the southeast of Table Mountain and Hout Bay provide sufficient wood for building houses and boats. At this time, the East India Company monopolized all trade affairs and prohibited all private transactions. The Dutch also named the people they met, such as why the local nomadic people were called hottentots, the people who collected shellfish for a living were called Strandlopers, and the people who hunted for a living were called Bushmen (meaning people living in the jungle).

The first migration of Asians to southern Africa began in 1654. These immigrants were exiled to Africa by the High Court in Batavia, the Netherlands. These Asians formed the prototype of the colored people in the Cape and brought Islam to this area. The first large-scale territorial expansion took place in 1657. At that time, the East India Company allocated agricultural land along the Lisbeck River to its servants for cultivation, trying to increase crop production, but still retained its financial dominance. In the same year, the first slaves imported from Java and Madagascar began to work for them. In 65438-0658, Europeans launched a territorial conflict with local aborigines, and they seized the land of the Xhosa people. Later, in 1666, Europeans began to rebuild the first military base, the Cape of Good Hope Castle, on the wooden fort built by Van Libeck. Completed in 1679, the fortress is the oldest building in South Africa.

1679, Simon van der Stel, the first Dutch governor, arrived in Cape Town to replace Van Liback as the local leader. He devoted himself to growing grapes and brewing wine, which laid a great foundation for this important industry in the future. On the other hand, he also devoted himself to expanding the borders and territories of the colonies. 1688, the first batch of non-Dutch immigrants came to Cape Town. They are Huguenots persecuted in the anti-Protestant movement in France. The East India Company provided them with settlements and farmland, and they also made great contributions to the future development of wine.

With the increasing number of immigrants, by 1754, the foreign population in Cape Town had reached 55 10 Europeans and 6729 slaves. However, in 1780, a war began between Britain and France, and the Netherlands joined the war as a partner of France, so France sent a small army to Cape Town for defense. But then 1784 the army was withdrawn, and 1795 France invaded the Netherlands, which made the Dutch East India Company fall into a very serious financial crisis. At that time, Prince Orange, who founded the Republic of Batavia in the Netherlands, fled to Britain to seek protection. This incident has brought great opportunities for success to Britain. At that time, news dissemination was not developed, and it often took a long time for news to spread from Europe to Africa. So the person in charge of Cape Town doesn't know the situation in Europe, except that France took some land from the Netherlands, so the Netherlands may change its position in the war. Just then, the British military sent a letter of authorization claiming to be written by the Dutch prince, asking for garrison protection in Cape Town. When arguing with Cape Town officials about whether they should be trusted, Britain suddenly launched the Battle of Mei Sen and successfully occupied Cape Town, and immediately declared Cape Town a free port. According to the Franco-British peace agreement, Cape Town was returned to the Dutch in 1802. However, three years later, the two countries went to war again, and the British army sent troops to Cape Town again. However, this period is a crucial period for Cape Town to gradually develop into a city (the English name of Cape Town originally meant "town"), water pipes were laid in all the streets and lanes, and urban construction began to develop. In addition, they have also enacted a law to identify vagrants, and strongly urge local aboriginal tribes to declare a place as a fixed residence and not to move without approval. The anglo-French war ended with 18 14 British victory. Britain signed a treaty that enabled them to buy the territories of different countries with money. Cape Town was officially bought permanently by Britain at this time. During this period, Britain regarded the administration of Cape Town as the cornerstone of its control over India. At that time, the Dutch government had fallen into a serious financial deficit because of the war, but they were still allowed to use Cape Town as a stopover for ship maintenance and replenishment.

In addition, the homeless screening law promulgated by 1809 was revoked in 1829. Therefore, the Hetengtuo people, who were originally nomadic people, are equal to Europeans in principle at this time. 1834 slaves were liberated, and it is estimated that about 39,000 people eliminated their slave status at this time. The liberation of slaves indirectly led the local Malay Muslim community to establish Bo-Kaap in Cape Town. In the same year, Cape Town Legislative Assembly was established.

One of the most important events in South Africa's history can be regarded as 1836, when about 10000 Dutch families moved to the north for different reasons, thus developing the inland areas of the country. Later 1840 established Cape Town Autonomous Region. At that time, the population of the city was 200 16, of which white people 10560.

After the independence of South Africa, Cape Town has become one of the most popular places for tourists, but there are also many social problems. Cape Town has one of the highest homicide rates in the world. In addition, AIDS, tuberculosis and frequent drug crimes are also problems that Cape Town needs to face.