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The Cairo–Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 4 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the African Union. The route has a length of 10,228 km (6,355 mi) and links Cairo in Egypt to Cape Town in South Africa.
The Cape to Cairo Railway was an unfinished project to create a railway line crossing from southern to northern Africa. It would have been the largest, and most important, railway of the continent. It was planned as a link between Cape Town in South Africa and Port Said in Egypt. [ 1][ 2] The project was never completed.
Cape Town, South Africa. Occupation. Explorer. Known for. First person in recorded history to walk the length of Africa. Signature. Ewart Scott Grogan (1874–1967) was an English explorer, politician, and entrepreneur. He was the first person in recorded history to walk the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. [ 2][ 3]
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Bradford. Manningham – the red light district is situated around Lumb Lane and Manningham Lane and was featured in the TV series Band of Gold. [ 250] Huddersfield. Great Northern Street [ 251] Leeds. Chapeltown – the traditional red light-area was around the Spencer Place and Avenue Hill streets.
South Africa portal. The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. [ 1] It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road . Prior to 1970, the N1 designation was applied to the route from Beit Bridge to Colesberg ...
Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by American author Paul Theroux from Cairo, Egypt, to Cape Town, South Africa, via trains, buses, cars, and armed convoy. [ 2] Theroux had lived in Africa as a young and idealistic early member of the Peace Corps [ 3] and part of the reason for this trip was to assess the impact on ...
Cape Town[ a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [ 11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [ 12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .