City of Cape Town: Overview

The City of Cape Town is a large urban area with a high population density, an intense movement of people, goods and services, extensive development and multiple business districts and industrial areas. It represents centres of economic activity with complex and diverse economies, a single area for which integrated development planning and strong interdependent social and economic linkages between its constituent units is desirable.

The City of Cape Town includes the Cape Metropolitan Council, Blaauwberg, Cape Town CBD, Helderberg, Oostenberg, South Peninsula and Tygerberg.