District Six
District Six is a residential neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, located next to the city's CBD. In 1959, people of color were banned from the area and most of them were resettled in Gugulethu.
- Suburb
- …is also known as “District 6”
- …was formerly known as “Zonnebloem”
- Description: locality in Cape Town, South Africa
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moravian Church and Cape Peninsula University of Technology - District Six Campus.
Cape Town
Cape Town railway station is the main railway station of the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foreshore and Woodstock.
Foreshore
Suburb
The Foreshore is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
District Six
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Latitude
-33.93255° or 33° 55′ 57″ south
Longitude
18.43505° or 18° 26′ 6″ east
Open location code
4FRW3C8P+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“District Six” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Distrik Ses”
- Armenian: “6-րդ շրջան”
- Chinese: “第六區”
- Dutch: “District Six”
- Finnish: “District Six”
- French: “District 6”
- French: “District Six”
- German: “District 6”
- German: “District Six”
- German: “Distrik Ses”
- German: “Distrikt Sechs”
- Hebrew: “המחוז השישי”
- Hebrew: “מחוז שש”
- Italian: “District Six”
- Japanese: “第6地区”
- Japanese: “第六区”
- Malay: “Distrik Enam”
- Pedi: “District Six”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Seis”
- Swedish: “District Six”
- Urdu: “ڈسٹرکٹ سکس”
- Xhosa: “District Six”
- Zulu: “District Six”
- “Zonnebloem”
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