Rondebosch Common

Rondebosch Common
Gazania flowers in spring on Rondebosch Common.
Map
Map of Cape Town
LocationCape Town, South Africa
Coordinates33°57′20″S 18°29′00″E / 33.95556°S 18.48333°E / -33.95556; 18.48333
Area40 hectares (100 acres)
Established1961; 63 years ago (1961)

Rondebosch Common is an open common of about 40 hectares (100 acres) in Rondebosch, Cape Town in South Africa. A common is defined as "a piece of open land for public use, esp. in a village or town". It contains one of the few surviving pockets of the critically endangeredCape Flats Sand Fynbos” vegetation type, which exists nowhere else in the world.[1]

  1. ^ "Environmental resources and downloads. City of Cape Town. Environmental Resource Management Dept". Archived from the original on 2012-12-23.