Philadelphia | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -33.666°N 18.582°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 |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Party: | DA |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Leader Name: | Francois Berry[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.43 |
Population Total: | 570 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 7.2% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 59.1% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 33.7% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 86.7% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 10.4% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info3: | 1.1% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
Demographics2 Info4: | 1.1% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 0.9% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 7304 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 021 |
Philadelphia (in Afrikaans pronounced as /fœlədælfia/ or Vulledelvieha) is a village in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
This village is 33 km south-west of Malmesbury and 23 km north-east of Durbanville. It was developed from a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church established in 1863. The name is of biblical origin (Rev. 3:7-13) and means 'brotherly love.' [3]
Philadelphia lies on the R304 regional route which passes through the village as “Philadelphia Road” which runs eastwards to connect the village to the N7 highway (to Cape Town and Malmesbury) and Atlantis in the north-east and westwards to connect the village to Stellenbosch in the south-east. About 7 km east of Philadelphia, the M58 (Adderley Road) runs from the R304 to Durbanville in the south, one of the nearest large towns to the village.