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Durbanville | |
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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. | |
Coordinates: 33°49′57″S 18°38′51″E / 33.83250°S 18.64750°E | |
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Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Established | 1825[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 54,286 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 5.5% |
• Coloured | 10.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
• White | 82.2% |
• Other | 1.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 58.9% |
• English | 37.2% |
• Other | 3.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7550 |
PO box | 7551 |
Durbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area.[3] It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat.
Durbanville has rapidly developed during the past years into one of the most sought-after northern suburbs of Cape Town. Although gated developments such as Pinehurst, Graanendal and Clara Anna Fontein may have expanded its boundaries, the town still retains its small-town atmosphere given that it is still mostly surrounded by farmland.[4]