South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Philippi

Philippi is a large urban and semi-rural area in 's region, in the , . It comprises the to the west, which is sparsely populated compared to the surrounding city and contains many farms.
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  • Type: Suburb with 201,000 residents
  • Description: place in Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Philippi, Western Cape”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fezeka Secondary school and Silverstream Secondary School.

School
Fezeka High School is a public high school located in , , . It is one of the high schools in the Metropolitan Municipality.

School
is a school in the . is situated 2½ km northwest of Philippi.

School
is a school in the . is situated 3 km northwest of Philippi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manenberg and Nyanga.

Suburb
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood of , . It was created by the apartheid government in 1966 for low-income Coloured families in the as a result of the forced removal campaign by the National Party.

Suburb
is a township in the , . Its name in Xhosa means "moon" and it is one of the oldest black townships in Cape Town. In 1948, was declared a coloured-area, resulting in the forced removal of black residents, who were forced to settle in near Langa.

Suburb
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is a township in , and is around 20km from . Its name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride / our hope. The area was the third township to be established in Cape Town, after and Langa. is situated 2½ km north of Philippi.

Philippi

Latitude
-34.00531° or 34° 0′ 19″ south
Longitude
18.57038° or 18° 34′ 13″ east
Population
201,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA PH4
Open location code
4FQWXHVC+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721922
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3362899
Wiki­data ID
Q3379145
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Philippi” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Philippi”
  • Chinese: “菲利皮”
  • French: “Philippi”
  • German: “Philippi”
  • Italian: “Philippi (Città del Capo)”
  • Italian: “Philippi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Philippi”
  • Norwegian: “Philippi”
  • Pedi: “Philippi”
  • Turkish: “Philippi”
  • Xhosa: “Philippi”
  • Zulu: “Philippi”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fezeka: Manelisi Urban Farm and Fezeka: Masikhulisane Masincedane Womens’ Project.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Philippi”. Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.