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.
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Vinony's link graph records 721 inbound references to Durbanville, and connects out to Afrikaans, Coloured and Bo-Kaap.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Populated places established in 1825, Suburbs of Cape Town and Use South African English from October 2023.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Sources (2)
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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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On the map
2 mapped locations