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Cape Flats

The Cape Flats (Afrikaans: Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town.

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Area code
021
City
Cape Town
Country
South Africa
Municipality
City of Cape Town
Province
Western Cape
Time zone
UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)

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Geology and geography

History

Culture and politics

Crime

Suburbs on the Cape Flats

Transport

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Cape Flats

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples158
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
Components1

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Cape Flats

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related to Transport · 21
Cape Flats → Bishop Lavis, Cape Town CBD, Gugulethu, It, Kapteinsklip Station, M7, Metrorail, Mitchells Plain, N1, N2, R102, R300, R310, Rocklands, Somerset West, South Africa, The Cape Flats, The Central Line, The R102, There
related to Culture and politics · 16
Cape Flats → Abdullah Ibrahim, Africa's, Afrikaans-speaking, Basil Coetzee, Brenda Fassie, Cape Malay, Christian, Dutch Reformed Church, Its, Mannenberg, Muslim, Popular, Rastafarian, There, Xhosa, Xhosa Christian
related to Crime · 14
Cape Flats → Almost, As, Development Programme, Drugs, During, Force, Hanover Park's Ceasefire, PAGAD, People Against Gangsterism, Post-apartheid, Reconstruction, Serious, South African National Defence, The
related to Before 1950 · 13
Cape Flats → Acacia, Australian, British, Cape Town, During, English, Flats, It, New South Wales, The, This, Western Australia, William John Burchell
related to External links · 12
Cape Flats → CAFDA The Cape Flats, Cape Flats Details An, Cape Flats Nature Reserve, Capeflats, CapeFlatsNature, CFNR The, Development Association's, ISS, June, Organisation, The, The Cape Flats Website
related to Geology and geography · 11
Cape Flats → Below, Cape, Claremont, False Bay, In, Malmesbury Group, Most, Precambrian, The, Wetton, Zeekoevlei
related to Suburbs on the Cape Flats · 11
Cape Flats → AthloneBishop LavisBlue DownsBonteheuwelElsie's RiverGugulethu, Cape Town, Coloured, Established, HillLotus RiverMacassarManenbergMatroosfonteinMitchells Plain, Notable, One, ParkHeideveldHanover ParkKhayelitsha, South Africa, The, The Cape Flats
related to Drainage · 9
Cape Flats → Black River, Eerste RiverThe Kuils River, Elsieskraal River, Historically, Many, Rondevlei, The Diep RiverZeekoevlei, Zandvlei, Zeekoevlei
related to Since 1950 · 9
Cape Flats → Cape Town, Flats, In, Modern, Native, The, The Cape Flats, The Strand, There
related to Flora · 7
Cape Flats → Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Cape Town, Cape TownCape Flats Sand, City, Endangered, Fynbos, Vegetation

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cape flats area town areas suburbs sand people apartheid gang south coloured khayelitsha many made large communities include region zeekoevlei

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cape FlatsArea code0211.00infobox
Cape FlatsCityCape Town1.00infobox
Cape FlatsCountrySouth Africa1.00infobox
Cape FlatsMunicipalityCity of Cape Town1.00infobox
Cape FlatsProvinceWestern Cape1.00infobox
Cape FlatsTime zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)1.00infobox
Cape Flats• Density4,022/km2 (10,420/sq mi)1.00infobox
Cape Flats• Total458.9 km2 (177.2 sq mi)1.00infobox
Cape Flats• Total1,845,6711.00infobox
Cape Flatsis avast sheet of aeolian sand0.90text
Cape Flatsis adiverse region containing numerous suburbs and townships0.90text
the extinct Cape lioninstance ofand form low cliffs at the edge of the beach.These formations contain important fossils of animals0.80text

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