Khayelitsha

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Khayelitsha
Settlement.image_skyline: Khayelitsha Lookout-Hill Ilitha-Park.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Khayelitsha looking east, from Lookout Hill over Ilitha Park
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Cape
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.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 38.71
Settlement.population_total: 391749
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections

Contents

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

==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.

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