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Hanover Park, Cape Town

Coordinates: 33°59′38″S 18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E / -33.994; 18.531
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Hanover Park
A view of Hanover Park
A view of Hanover Park
Hanover Park is located in Western Cape
Hanover Park
Hanover Park
Hanover Park is located in South Africa
Hanover Park
Hanover Park
Coordinates: 33°59′38″S 18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E / -33.994; 18.531
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceAthlone, Cape Town
Area
 • Total2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total34,625
 • Density17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African2.4%
 • Coloured96.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans70.7%
 • English27.9%
 • Other1.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7780
PO box
7782

Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa

In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies.[2][3] Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.[citation needed]

Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate.[4]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Hanover Park". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Nelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989 | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. ^ "Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. ^ Pinnock, Don (2021-12-02). "GANGLAND: Murders, shootings and stabbings a daily reality in Western Cape's Hanover Park, latest stats show". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2022-07-05.