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Khayelitsha
Sign in to saveKhayelitsha () 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. It is reputed to be one of the largest and fastest-growing townships in South Africa.
Key facts
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- Khayelitsha
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- Khayelitsha Lookout-Hill Ilitha-Park.jpg
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- Khayelitsha looking east, from Lookout Hill over Ilitha Park
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- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- Western Cape
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- District
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- Municipality
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- City of Cape Town
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.71
- Settlement.population_total
- 391749
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Article
26 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Conditions
- Geography
- Subdivisions
- Economy
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Transport
- Health care
- Khayelitsha Hospital
- Khayelitsha Community Health Clinic (CHC)
- Khayelitsha clinics
- Society and culture
- Beaches and recreation
- Social movements
- Sport
- Tourism
- Community media
- In popular culture
- Films set in Khayelitsha
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- General references
- External links
Khayelitsha () 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. It is reputed to be one of the largest and fastest-growing townships in South Africa.
==History== Cape Town initially opposed implementing the Group Areas Act passed in 1950, and residential areas in the city remained unsegregated until the first Group Areas were declared in the city in 1957. When Cape Town finally started implementing the Group Areas Act, it did so more severely than any other major city; by the mid-1980s, it had become one of the most segregated cities in South Africa.