Nyanga
Nyanga is a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "moon" and it is one of the oldest black townships in Cape Town. In 1948, Athlone was declared a coloured-area, resulting in the forced removal of black residents, who were forced to settle in Nyanga near Langa.- Suburb with about 58,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
- …is also known as “Nyanga, Western Cape”
- Description: township of Cape Town, South Africa
Places of Interest
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Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport, and sometimes…
2½ km northeast of Nyanga
Fezeka Secondary school
School
Fezeka High School is a public high school located in Gugulethu, Western Cape, South Africa.
Suburbs in the Area
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Crossroads
Crossroads is a high-density township in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Gugulethu
Gugulethu is a township in Western Cape, South Africa and is around 20km from Cape Town.
Manenberg
Manenberg is a neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa.
3 km west of Nyanga
Nyanga
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Latitude
-33.98694° or 33° 59′ 13″ south
Longitude
18.58472° or 18° 35′ 5″ east
Open location code
4FRW2H7M+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Nyanga” goes by many names.
ENyanga, eWestern CapeSwati
NyangaTurkish
NyangaXhosa
NyangaZulu
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