Where is lansdowne in cape town

The name is Xhosa for New Home. It is reputed to be the largest and fastest-growing township in South Africa. Kraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

The name originated from large number of crows that nest in the region. Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats, south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned coal-burning Athlone Power Station. Athlone is mainly residential and is served by a railway station of the same name. It however includes industrial and commercial zones.

Colloquially other areas around Athlone are also often included in the greater Athlone area even though the City of Cape Town might classify them as separate neighborhoods such as Rondebosch East, Crawford, and Manenberg. Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. The neighborhood of Bishopscourt is situated to its south west, Claremont to its south east, and Rondebosch to its east and north east. His seat is St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town.

Claremont is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated six miles south of the city, and is one of the so-called "Southern Suburbs", it is situated alongside Lansdowne.

It is an important commercial and residential area, which is currently experiencing significant growth and development. Durban North lies between the N2 freeway and the eastern seashore, with the Umgeni River forming its southern boundary. It has residential suburbs that are some of Durban's most affluent and is flanked by La Lucia in the north. Thornton Road was for many years the main thoroughfare for this suburb and a hotbed for anti-apartheid activity in and Thornton Road is the location of the Trojan Horse Memorial in honour of those killed in Crawford is served by a railway station of the same name on the Cape Flats Line.

As the name suggests, it is located to the east of the neighbouring suburb of Rondebosch. As of it had a population of approximately 4, people in an area of just over 1 square kilometre 0. Lansdowne is the birthplace of acclaimed South African poet and social philosopher Athol Williams. Williams was born in Lansdowne, Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Mitchells Plain, the coloured township established under apartheid.

During the apartheid era, Lansdowne was declared a area for whites only, but since the end of apartheid many Muslims, Coloureds and some black South Africans have settled in Lansdowne, racial transformation has taken place in Lansdowne, in a now post-apartheid South Africa.

Muslim Moslem Moslems. Coloured Coloured people mixed-race South Africans. Windsor High School. How to get to Lansdowne by Train? The nearest stations to Lansdowne are: Wetton is meters away, 12 min walk. Kenilworth is meters away, 54 min walk. More details Which Bus lines stop near Lansdowne? More details Which Train lines stop near Lansdowne? More details How far is the train station from Lansdowne in Cape Town?

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