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Parow | |
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Aerial view of Parow | |
Coordinates: 33°54′00″S 18°36′00″E / 33.90000°S 18.60000°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 27.08 km2 (10.46 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 119,462 |
• Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 9.6% |
• Coloured | 58.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.3% |
• White | 25.5% |
• Other | 2.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 65.6% |
• English | 26.8% |
• Xhosa | 2.3% |
• Other | 5.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7500 |
PO box | 7499 |
Area code | 021 |
Parow is a town of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a Northern Suburb of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality founded by Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Parow who arrived in the locality in 1865.