Editing Cape of Good Hope (section)

== Geography ==
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[[File:Cape Peninsula.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Map showing the [[Cape Peninsula]], illustrating the position of the Cape of Good Hope. The main mountains and their peaks, including [[Table Mountain]], and its relation to the City of [[Cape Town]] are shown.]]
[[File:CapeHopeDetail.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Map of the Cape of Good Hope and [[Cape Agulhas]], the southernmost point of Africa.]]

The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]], about 2.3 kilometers (1.4&nbsp;mi) west and a little south of [[Cape Point]] on the south-east corner. [[Cape Town]] is about 50 kilometers to the north of the Cape, in [[Table Bay]] at the north end of the peninsula. The peninsula forms the western boundary of [[False Bay]]. Geologically, the rocks found at the two capes, and indeed over much of the peninsula, are part of the [[Cape Peninsula#Geology|Cape Supergroup]], and are formed of the same type of sandstones as [[Table Mountain (South Africa)|Table Mountain]] itself. Both the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point offer spectacular scenery; the whole of the southernmost portion of the Cape Peninsula is a wild, rugged, scenic and generally unspoiled national park.

The term "the Cape" has also been used in a wider sense, to indicate the area of [[Cape Colony|the European colony]] centered on Cape Town,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cape Town the Segregated city |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/cape-town-segregated-city |website=South African History Online (SAHO)}}</ref> and the later [[Cape Province|South African province]]. Since 1994, it has been broken up into three smaller provinces: the [[Western Cape]], [[Eastern Cape]], and [[Northern Cape]]; parts of the province were also absorbed into the [[North West (South African province)|North West]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=South African in Government and Society |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa/Local-government |website=Britannica}}</ref>