Nyanga (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 59 '43 " S , 18 ° 35' 6" E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Western cape | |||
| metropolis | City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | ||
| height | 38 m | ||
| surface | 3.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 57,996 (2011) | ||
| density | 18,768.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1955 | ||
 Building and stop for shared taxis in Nyanga
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Nyanga is a district of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa .
geography
Nyanga ( isiXhosa for 'moon') has 57,996 inhabitants. and is divided into the settlements Black City, KTC Informal, New Crossroads and Nyanga SP. The area of the district is around three square kilometers. Most of the residents live in informal settlements ; poverty is high. Many houses are made of zinc sheets , cardboard and wood. The majority of residents are unemployed. Nyanga was the South African district with the highest rate of violent crime in 2012. In 2017/2018, of all South African police districts, Nyanga recorded the highest number of murders.
Nyanga is located around 26 kilometers east of Cape Town city center. It is counted among the Cape Flats , where blacks and coloreds were settled. To the west of Nyanga lie the districts of Gugulethu (originally Nyanga West ) and Manenberg , to the east of Crossroads (originally Nyanga Extension 3 ). Cape Town International Airport is located immediately to the northeast .
history
The district was founded as a township for blacks during the apartheid period in 1955 , after the Langa district (isiXhosa for 'sun'), also inhabited by blacks , was no longer sufficient as a residential area. During the planning - as in other townships - attention was paid to optimal monitoring options for the security forces.
During the apartheid period, the Witdoeke were active in Nyanga, supported by the government and terrorized anti-apartheid fighters. The incidents were processed by the Goldstone Commission from 1991 .
Economy and Transport
Guided tours to Nyanga are offered for tourists. Nyanga is connected to the N2 national road and the M83 expressway. Passenger trains of the Metrorail Cape Town serve the Nyanga station on the Bonteheuwel Line.
Others
The poem The Child by Ingrid Jonker is about a child from Nyanga who was shot by the police during the apartheid period . Nelson Mandela read it in his opening address to the first freely elected National Assembly in 1994.
Web links
- History of Nyanga and Gugulethus at capetown.at (English)
- Nyanga at sa-venues.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census
- ↑ Nyanga at sa-venues.com (English), accessed on August 30, 2013
- ↑ a b Crime statistics: It's not safe to be here ( Memento from August 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) City Press on September 22, 2012 (English), accessed on August 30, 2013
- ↑ Report of the SAPS 2017/2018 (English; PDF), accessed on July 8, 2019.
- ↑ a b History of Nyanga and Gugulethus at capetown.at (English), accessed on August 30, 2013
- ↑ a b Report of the ANC ( Memento of September 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the Goldstone Commission (English), accessed on August 30, 2013
- ↑ Nyanga at kapstadt-online.com , accessed on August 30, 2013