Lentegeur is a neighbourhood in the north eastern section of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The 400 bed[2] Mitchells Plain Hospital, one of Cape Town's larger hospitals, is located in the neighbourhood. The Lentegeur Sports Grounds dominate the central area of the neighbourhood.
Lentegeur | |
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 An aerial view of a city block in Lentegeur. A section of the Mitchells Plain Hospital can be seen in the far right corner of the photograph. | |
  Lentegeur  Lentegeur | |
| Coordinates: 34°01′48″S 18°37′05″E / 34.030°S 18.618°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Main Place | Mitchells Plain, Cape Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 40,341 |
| • Density | 8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 5.13% |
| • Coloured | 93.49% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.46% |
| • White | 0.32% |
| • Other | 0.59% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 54.27% |
| • English | 43.16% |
| • IsiXhosa | 1.05% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Educational institutions in the neighbourhood include:
- Lentegeur Secondary School
- Aloe High School
- West End Primary School
- Springdale Primary School
- Merrydale Primary School
- Hyacinth Primary School
- Meadowridge Primary School
- Latana Primary School
- Cornflower Primary School
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Lentegeur". Census 2011.
- ^ University of Cape Town. MITCHELL'S PLAIN HOSPITAL PAEDIATRICS DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2021-09-06.