Mandela Park | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -34.049°N 18.686°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | City of Cape Town |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Subdivision Name4: | Khayelitsha, Cape Town |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.86 |
Population Total: | 18,747 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 98.67% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.63% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.04% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.01% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.64% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | isiXhosa |
Demographics2 Info1: | 89.73% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 3.38% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Sesotho |
Demographics2 Info5: | 1.66% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Mandela Park is a neighborhood in the Khayelitsha urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was established in 1986 under the apartheid era government of P.W. Botha as a residential area for black South Africans moving to Cape Town from the Eastern Cape province. It was one of the few areas in South Africa in the 1980s where black South Africans could purchase homes with bank loans. Many of the streets in the neighbourhood are named after anti-apartheid activists.[2] The Mandela Park Backyarders association is based in the community.