Hanover Park, Cape Town

Hanover Park
A view of Hanover Park
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Coordinates: 33°59′38″S18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E / -33.994; 18.531
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Athlone, Cape Town
Area [1]
• Total	2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	34,625
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	2.4%
•  Coloured	96.5%
•  Indian/Asian	0.4%
•  White	0.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Afrikaans	70.7%
•  English	27.9%
• Other	1.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7780
PO box	7782

Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies. ^{[2] [3]} Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.^{[ citation needed ]}

Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate. ^[4]

Notable people

• Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
• Albert Fritz, South African politician

References

1. "Sub Place Hanover Park". Census 2011.
2. "Nelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989 | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
3. "Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
4. Pinnock, Don (2021-12-02). "GANGLAND: Murders, shootings and stabbings a daily reality in Western Cape's Hanover Park, latest stats show". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 July 2022.