cape town city - Afrikaans: Stad Kaapstad; Xhosa: Isixeko saseKapa; officially the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality; colloquially the Cape Town Unicity; formerly the Cape Metropolitan Administration) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of 2001, its population was 2,893,246.[1] The remote Prince Edward Islands are considered part of the City of Cape Town, specifically of ward 55.