Green Point, Cape Town
Green Point | |
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Suburb of Cape Town | |
Green Point Street map of Green Point Green Point Green Point (South Africa) | |
Coordinates: 33°54′S 18°24′E / 33.900°S 18.400°E / -33.900; 18.400Coordinates: 33°54′S 18°24′E / 33.900°S 18.400°E / -33.900; 18.400 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 2.01 km2 (0.78 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,362 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 23.3% |
• Coloured | 10.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.2% |
• White | 60.9% |
• Other | 2.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 67.6% |
• Afrikaans | 15.2% |
• Xhosa | 3.2% |
• Zulu | 1.2% |
• Other | 12.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8051 |
PO box | 8005 |
Area code | 021 |
Green Point (Afrikaans: Groenpunt) is an affluent suburb on the Atlantic Seaboard of Cape Town, South Africa located to the north west of the central business district. It is a popular residential area for young professionals and for the Cape Town gay and lesbian community, alongside the gay village of De Waterkant. Many new mid-rise apartment and mixed-use developments have gone up in recent years. Somerset Road forms the main thoroughfare lined by restaurants, cafés, delis, boutiques and nightclubs.
The Braemar Estate includes a few dozen properties that are restricted to single dwellings only, within the boundaries of Green Point [2]
Between 1980 and 1982, the Green Point constituency was extended to include Walvis Bay, about 1,500km to the north.[3]
Places of Interest[]
Skeu Teeth Brothers with the upgrade to Helen Suzman Boulevard and the new Granger Bay Boulevard being constructed, along with a massive investment in creating an urban park around the stadium.
See also[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Green Point, Cape Town. |
- Cape Town Stadium
- Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town
- Green Point Common
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Green Point". Census 2011.
- ^ "Braemar Estate".
- ^ Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 2578-2584, Foreign Broadcast Information Service., 1982, page 48
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