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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.

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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)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
suburb
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 sections
Contents
  • <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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