Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Hanover Park | |
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 A view of Hanover Park | |
  Hanover Park  Hanover Park | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′38″S 18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Main Place | Athlone, Cape Town |
| Area | |
• 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) | |
| • Black African | 2.4% |
| • Coloured | 96.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 70.7% |
| • English | 27.9% |
| • Other | 1.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7780 |
| PO box | 7782 |
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
edit- Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
- Albert Fritz, South African politician
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Hanover Park". Census 2011.
- ^ "Nelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989 | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 2022-07-05.