Macassar

Macassar
Macassar
Coordinates	34 ° 3 '48 "  S , 18 ° 45' 52"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 3 '48 "  S , 18 ° 45' 52"  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Western cape
metropolis	City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
height	4 m
surface	6.9 km²
Residents	33,225 (2011)
density	4,836.2  Ew. / km²
founding	1694
Kramat from Sheikh Yusuf

Macassar is a district of the South African city ​​of Cape Town with 33,225 inhabitants (as of 2011). It is located in the southeast of Cape Town near False Bay . To the west lies Khayelitsha , to the east the districts of Somerset West and Strand .

Macassar is mostly inhabited by Coloreds who speak Afrikaans . Its residents used to work mainly in fishing and boat building. The Macassar Dunes Nature Reserve in Baden Powell Drive near the district is part of the coastal dune system that is important for the biodiversity of the Western Cape .

The Kramat (the shrine) of Sheikh Yusuf from the Sultanate of Gowa in what is now Makassar in Indonesia is one of the holy sites of the South African Muslim community. The sheikh, banished to Cape Town by the Dutch in 1694, found his last place of residence there and named him Macassar after his place of birth .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 22, 2013