Dunoon | |
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  Dunoon  Dunoon | |
| Coordinates: 33°49′08″S 18°32′24″E / 33.819°S 18.540°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Main Place | Blouberg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.99 km2 (0.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 29,268 |
| • Density | 30,000/km2 (77,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 89.3% |
| • Coloured | 5.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.2% |
| • Other | 4.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 64.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.1% |
| • English | 6.7% |
| • Sotho | 2.9% |
| • Other | 18.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7441 |
| PO box | 7438 |
Dunoon is a township in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The first erf for Dunoon was surveyed in 1996. As formal housing was built, shacks developed rapidly.[2]
Dunoon is near the Killarney Motor Racing Complex. The township's neighbouring counterpart is Joe Slovo Park. Dunoon has no police stations; the nearest one is in Table View. In 2011, the population of Dunoon was 31,133 and the number of households was 11,496.[3] The main form of transport for Dunoon residents is the minibus taxi; the MyCiTi bus service opened a bus station to serve Dunoon on 1 March 2014.[4]
On the opposite side of Potsdam Road from Dunoon is an informal settlement called Site 5, which consists of a group of shacks. Dunoon has been known for its participation in violent, xenophobic demonstrations against foreign residents in the township.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Dunoon". Census 2011.
- ^ Cooper, Adam (October 2009). "'Let us eat airtime': youth identity and 'xenophobic' violence in a low-income neighbourhood in Cape Town" (PDF). CSSR Working Paper No. 263. Centre For Social Science Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ "2011 Census Suburb Dunoon" (PDF). City of Cape Town. July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ "MyCiTi | Next stop: Dunoon, 1 March 2014". www.myciti.org.za.
- ^ "SA violence spreads to Cape Town". 23 May 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.