Bo-Kaap
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighbourhood in Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Cape Quarter”, “Old Malay Quarter”, “Schotschekloof”, “Slamsebuurt”, and “Stadzicht”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bo-Kaap museum and Nurul Islam Mosque.
Nurul Islam Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nurul Islam Mosque is a Sunni Islam mosque in the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town, South Africa. When it was founded in 1834, the structure could hold 150 worshipers. Renovated in 2001, it can now hold 700 worshipers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schotsche Kloof and Cape Town.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of Western Cape Province, it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
V&A Waterfront
Suburb
Photo: Damien du Toit, CC BY 2.0.
The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major shopping mall, a marina, and multiple large hotels.
Bo-Kaap
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bo-Kaap” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bo-Kaap”
- Arabic: “بو كيب”
- Armenian: “Բո-Կաապ”
- Basque: “Bo-Kaap”
- Bengali: “বো-কাপ”
- Danish: “Bo-Kaap”
- Dutch: “Bo-Kaap”
- Finnish: “Bo-Kaap”
- French: “Bo-Kaap”
- German: “Bo-Kaap”
- Hausa: “Bo-Kaap”
- Indonesian: “Bo-Kaap”
- Italian: “Bo-Kaap”
- Japanese: “ボ・カープ”
- Malay: “Bo Kaap”
- Malay: “Bo-Kaap”
- Pedi: “Bo-Kaap”
- Portuguese: “Bo-Kaap”
- Russian: “Бо-Каап”
- Spanish: “Bo-Kaap”
- Turkish: “Bo-Kaap”
- Ukrainian: “Бо-Каап музей”
- Xhosa: “Bo-Kaap”
- Zulu: “Bo-Kaap”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hyatt Regency Cape Town and Cape Town Lodge Hotel.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Bo-Kaap”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.