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| Cape Town and the Karroo Ranges, South Africa: Cape Town occupies the north end of the Cape of Good Hope peninsula and extends to the shore of False Bay; the city is home to about 2.7 million people. Tourism and viticulture contribute importantly to the local economy, and the city is a service center for government and industry -- particularly mining. The great folded mountain ranges of South Africa were formed during the assembly of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. Broad N-trending folds of the Cedarburg range, South Africa formed first, about 230 million years ago, and the W-trending Karroo ranges formed a little later. |
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