Durbanville

Durbanville
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.
Durbanville is located in Western Cape
Durbanville
Durbanville
Durbanville is located in South Africa
Durbanville
Durbanville
Coordinates: 33°49′57″S 18°38′51″E / 33.83250°S 18.64750°E / -33.83250; 18.64750
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Established1825[1]
Area
 • Total
27.41 km2 (10.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
54,286
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African5.5%
 • Coloured10.1%
 • Indian/Asian1.0%
 • White82.2%
 • Other1.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans58.9%
 • English37.2%
 • Other3.8%
Time zoneUTC+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.

  1. ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
  2. ^ a b c d "Main Place Durbanville". Census 2011.
  3. ^ "City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality (CPT)". Municipalities of South Africa. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.