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Dutch Cape Colony

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Cape Colony
Kaapkolonie (Dutch)
1652–1806
Flag of Cape Colony
Flag
Coat of arms of Cape Colony
Coat of arms
VOC Cape Colony at its largest extent in 1795
VOC Cape Colony at its largest extent in 1795
StatusColony under Company rule (1652–1795)
British occupation (1795–1803)
Colony of the Batavian Republic (1803–1806)
CapitalCastle of Good Hope (1st)
Kaapstad (2nd)
Official languageDutch
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 eraImperialism
6 April 1652
• Elevated to Governorate
1691
7 August 1795
1 March 1803
8 January 1806
Population
• 1797
61,947
CurrencyDutch rijksdaalder
Succeeded by
British Cape Colony
Today part ofSouth Africa

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.