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This is a list of suburbs in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, which includes the city of Cape Town, as well as its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. [1] Each section on this page separates a specific region of Cape Town, in alphabetical order. Within each region, there is a table, with its respective suburbs listed in alphabetical order.
The Cape Flats (Afrikaans: Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. The Cape Flats is also the name of an administrative region of the City of Cape Town , which lies within the larger geographical area.
Companies behind the development include AFRICA123, Regen Africa (property developers) and communiTgrow (project facilitators) who enlisted the expertise of ARG Design (town planners and urban designers). communiTgrow put forward the plan for Milkwood to deal with the demand for houses in Cape Town. [4] Cape Town’s population is growing yearly.
Khayelitsha (/ ˌ k aɪ. ə ˈ l iː tʃ ə /) is a township in Western Cape, South Africa, on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. The name is Xhosa for New Home. [2] It is reputed to be one of the largest [3] and fastest-growing townships in South Africa.
Cape Town CBD in the City Bowl is a major business district in Cape Town’s metropolitan area and a financial centre of the Western Cape and South Africa. The South African parliament is located in Plein Street, and is the seat of government for six months in the year.
Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats, south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned coal-burning Athlone Power Station. Athlone is mainly residential and is served by a railway station of the same name.
De Waterkant is a historic suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, and is well-known for being Cape Town's gay village. [2] [3] [4]The neighborhood is located in the City Bowl region of Cape Town, adjacent to the central business district (CBD) on the southeastern end of Somerset Road.
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...