Bishop Lavis
Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located 15 kilometres east of the city centre near Cape Town International Airport. It had, as of 2001, a population of 44,419 people, of whom 97% described themselves as Coloured, and 90% spoke Afrikaans while 9% spoke English.- Suburb
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (110 feet)
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Town International Airport and Bonteheuwel.
Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport, and sometimes… Cape Town International Airport is situated 3½ km southeast of Bishop Lavis.
Bonteheuwel
Bonteheuwel is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km west of Bishop Lavis.
Heideveld Secondary School
School
Heideveld Secondary School is an educational…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonteheuwel and Norwood.
Bonteheuwel
Suburb
Bonteheuwel is a former Coloured township in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Norwood
Suburb
Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Norwood is situated 2½ km north of Bishop Lavis.
Gugulethu
Gugulethu is a township in Western Cape, South Africa and is around 20km from Cape Town. Gugulethu is situated 4 km south of Bishop Lavis.
Bishop Lavis
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Latitude
-33.94861° or 33° 56′ 55″ south
Longitude
18.57583° or 18° 34′ 33″ east
Open location code
4FRW3H2G+H8
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bishop Lavis” goes by many names.
Bishop LavisAfrikaans
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Bishop LavisZulu
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