De Waterkant is a sub-district of the suburb of Green Point, Cape Town. The neighbourhood is adjacent to the central business district on the southeastern end of Somerset Road. On the south, it is neighboured by the historically coloured district of Bo-Kaap.
De Waterkant | |
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Coordinates: 33°54′55″S 18°25′08″E / 33.91528°S 18.41889°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 0.30 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 361 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 11.6% |
• Coloured | 5.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 5.5% |
• White | 75.3% |
• Other | 2.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 69.8% |
• Afrikaans | 17.2% |
• Sotho | 1.4% |
• Other | 11.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8001 |
De Waterkant is a convenient address for many young professionals, the upper-class, and niche restaurants and retailers. The area is home to the Cape Quarter shopping mall[2] and Vega's Cape Town campus.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place De Waterkant". Census 2011.
- ^ "Contact Us". Cape Quarter. Retrieved 2016-02-08.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Vega Campuses". Vega. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
Further reading
edit- Rink, Bradley Michael (2008). Village People: Quartering De Waterkant in discourse and bricks (Ph.D. thesis). University of Cape Town. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
Media related to De Waterkant at Wikimedia Commons