Rondebosch

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Rondebosch
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes
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.subdivision_name4: Cape Town
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6.42
Settlement.population_total: 14591
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Population: 14591
Area: 6.42
Elevation: 28
Image: Rondebosch CT.png
Households: 5649
Dialing code: 021 686

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Commons category: Rondebosch
postal code: 7701

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Contents

History
Geography
Landmarks
Rondebosch Fountain
Government and politics
Education
Sports and recreation
Demographics
Notable residents
References
External links

==History== thumb|A map of the first farms granted to free burghers by the VOC in 1650s mentioning the farm of "Ronde Bosje" from which Rondebosch got its name. Four years after the first Dutch settlement at the Cape in 1652, the first experimental crops were grown along the banks of the Liesbeek River (at that stage called the Amstel or Versse Rivier). In October 1656, Jan van Riebeeck visited Rondeboschyn, whose name derived from a contraction of "Ronde Doorn Bossien," referring to a circular grove of thorn trees growing on the banks of the Liesbeek River. By 1670 the area's name had been shortened to "Rondeboschje" in the Dutch East India Company's (VOC) records.