Mowbray | |
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Coordinates: 33°56′46″S 18°28′34″E / 33.94611°S 18.47611°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,726 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 44.2% |
• White | 36.1% |
• Coloured | 11.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.0% |
• Other | 4.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 68.0% |
• Afrikaans | 8.0% |
• Xhosa | 7.4% |
• Zulu | 2.1% |
• Other | 14.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7700 |
PO box | 7705 |
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town highways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station. Its original name was Driekoppen ("Three heads" in Dutch).