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Cape Town (ZA), Table Mountain, South Africa
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9,692
Records
12
Datasets
37
Tables
12
Sources
155
SEL Fields
55
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2022. HERA carries the 2020 round — the 2022 census is not yet ingested (results may still be in staged release, or the source isn't published in a machine-readable form yet). The figures below are 2020.
📊 Latest intercensal survey: 2016 — Community Survey (a sample survey between full censuses, not a complete enumeration)
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Datasets (12)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

5 further sources (Afrobarometer, Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab, World Values Survey) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

ZAF South Africa Health ZAF-HDX-South_Africa___Health Indicators
8,645 rows · 1 table · 2024 OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange 0 1 2 3 ▶
ZAF World Bank Open Data ZAF-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
ZAF UNHCR Refugee Data Finder ZAF-UNHCR Migration
93 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
ZAF LandScan Global (ORNL) ZAF-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
91 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
ZAF GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) ZAF-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
81 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
ZAF HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) ZAF-COD_PS Census Derived Population
61 rows · 3 tables · 2020 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 5 SEL ▶
ZAF Glottolog Language Catalog ZAF-GLOTTOLOG Language
43 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
ZAF D-PLACE ZAF-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
20 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
ZAF OpenFactBook ZAF-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
17 rows · 17 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 98 SEL 4 CCL 649 ext ▶
ZAF NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) ZAF-NGA_GNS Language
11 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext ▶
ZAF Google Community Mobility (2020-2022) ZAF-GOOGLE-MOBILITY Mobility
9 rows · 1 table · 2022 Google 0 1 2 3 3 SEL 8 ext ▶
ZAF INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) ZAF-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 118,248 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
English (eng) 25 43.1% —
Afrikaans (afr) 15 25.9% —
Sotho, Northern (nso) 4 6.9% —
Tswana (tsn) 3 5.2% —
Zulu (zul) 2 3.4% —
Xhosa (xho) 2 3.4% —
Swati (ssw) 2 3.4% —
Sotho, Southern (sot) 2 3.4% —
+ 2 further languages (3 names, each under 0.05%)

100,165 distinct features · 10 languages · 0 scripts · 1 conventional English name
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 58 names that carry a language code; the remaining 118,190 of 118,248 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (12)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) international_organization bulk_download
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
Google commercial bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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