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The Consulate of France in Cape Town is a consular representation of the French Republic in South Africa. The consular district includes the 3 Cape provinces, Prince Edward Islands and the British territory of Saint Helena (Saint Helena Island, Tristan Da Cunha Archipelago, Ascension Island). Three honorary Consuls, in Port Elizabeth, East London and Saint Helena depend on the Consulate of Cape Town.〔http://www.consulfrance-lecap.org/French-Embassy-and-Consulates#sommaire_3〕 People living in Lesotho or in one in the six other South African provinces depend on the French Consulate of Johannesburg.〔http://www.consulfrance-jhb.org〕 The Consulate is currently located on 78 Queen Victoria Street. Under the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France), the Consulate of France is responsible for the protection and administrative affairs of French nationals settled or traveling within South Africa. The Consulate provides many services to the French community and those who desire to travel to France. == History == The French Consulate in Cape Town, according to the archives of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, the oldest in Southern Africa. In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte nominated a certain Gaillande "superintendent of trade relations in Cape Town", equivalent to what is now the rank of Vice-Consul. His responsibility was to provide supplies to the naval division of Rear-Admiral Linois. Gaillande stayed in this post until January 10, 1806, the date when Cape Town was taken over by the English. A Consular Agency, dependent of the French Consulate General in London, was recreated after the fall of the First Empire in June 1817 and Count des Escotais was appointed. The latter began his job in August 3, 1818. The Consular Agency was erected as a Consulate in November 1818. The first civil status act registered in the French Consulate of Cape Town was in January 6, 1871 between Charles Marie Ernest de la Cornillière, from Cape Town and Miss Stella Hendrina Hampt, from Paarl.〔http://www.consulfrance-lecap.org/Brief-History〕 thumb 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French Consulate of Cape Town」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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