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This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape province of South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located.
The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities.
An urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area.It is an area with high density of human-created structures. Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape Town in Western Cape
Once Crossroads had been declared a legal settlement by the government they began to focus on dismantling the rapidly growing informal settlements in the surrounding area. The government's focus on destroying these settlements was driven by a desire to neutralise the threat the government faced in the wake of 1976 Soweto uprisings. [3]
To the west and southwest it extends as far as the urban edge of the Cape Town metropolitan area, while to the east and southeast it is bounded by mountain ranges. The western part of the municipality around Stellenbosch and the eastern part in the Franschhoek valley are separated by mountains through which the Helshoogte Pass travels.
Atlantis is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is 40 km (25 mi) north of Cape Town. [2] [3] As of 2024, it has approximately 90,207 residents. Major challenges in the area include unemployment, lack of housing, and crime. [4]
Children in a township near Cape Town in 1989 Children in a township near Cape Town. In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refers to an under-developed, racially segregated urban area, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Black Africans, Coloureds and Indians.
Joe Slovo mass protest at the Cape High Court in December 2007. Joe Slovo is an informal settlement in Langa, and in Milnerton Cape Town. Like many other informal settlements, it was named after former housing minister and anti-Apartheid activist, Joe Slovo. With over 20,000 residents, Joe Slovo is one of the largest informal settlements in ...