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Durbanville
Sign in to saveDurbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis, surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Durbanville
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- From Top: View of Durbanville Nature Reserve; left: Dutch Reformed Church; right: Onze Molen Mill; left: Rust-en-Vrede Wine Farm; right: King's Court House.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Cape Town
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1825
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.41
- Settlement.population_total
- 54286
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Racial makeup (2011)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- suburb
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- City of Cape Town
- Image
- Dutch Reformed Church, Durbanville (3).jpg
- Dialing code
- 021
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- Commons category
- Durbanville
- postal code
- 7550
- inception
- 1825-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- <small>History</small>
- Geography
- Suburban Areas
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Viticulture
- Dairy
- Retail
- Central Business District
- Shopping centres
- Mining and Industries
- Major companies
- Growth
- Culture
- Languages
- Historical attractions
- Demographics
- Education
- Healthcare
- Private healthcare
- Public healthcare
- Transport
- Air
- Bus and taxi transit
- Rail
- Roads
- Nature Reserves
- Sports
- Durbanville Golf Club
- Durbanville Racecourse
- Cycling
- Notable people
- Coat of arms
- References
Durbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis, surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
==History== Precolonial period (before 1652)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Durbanville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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