Tokai, Cape Town

Tokai
From top left, Historic Tokai manor house and vineyard. Trees in the Tokai Arboretum (top right). Entrance to the Tokai Arboretum (centre). Historic stone chapel (bottom left). View over Tokai from a local mountain biking track (bottom right).
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Coordinates: 34°3′45″S 18°26′30″E / 34.06250°S 18.44167°E / -34.06250; 18.44167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceCape Town
Area
 • Total
1.05 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
2,568
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African10.2%
 • Coloured3.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White82.2%
 • Other3.0%
First languages (2011)
 • English92.6%
 • Afrikaans4.4%
 • Other3.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7966
PO box
7945
Area code021

Tokai, a large residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, is situated on the foothills of the Constantiaberg, (a large whaleback shaped mountain in the Table Mountain range) and is bordered by Steenberg and Kirstenhof to the south, Bergvliet to the east, Constantia to the north and the SAFCOL pine tree plantations against the mountain to the west.

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Tokai". Census 2011.