Norwood, Western Cape

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Norwood
Coordinates: 33°56′S18°34′E / 33.933°S 18.567°E / -33.933; 18.567 Coordinates: 33°56′S18°34′E / 33.933°S 18.567°E / -33.933; 18.567
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
Municipality City of Cape Town
Area
[1]
  Total0.53 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [1]
  Total3,472
  Density6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 10.9%
   Coloured 86.5%
   Indian/Asian 1.0%
   White 0.3%
  Other1.3%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 65.8%
   English 30.8%
  Other3.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2192
PO box
2117

Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Cape Town Capital city of the Western Cape province and legislative capital of South Africa

Cape Town is the oldest city in South Africa, colloquially named the Mother City. It is the legislative capital of South Africa and primate city of the Western Cape province. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.

Western Cape Province of South Africa on the south-western coast

The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of 129,449 square kilometres (49,981 sq mi), and the third most populous, with an estimated 6.6 million inhabitants in 2018. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Norwood". Census 2011.