Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa
Hanover Park
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Coordinates: 33°59′38″S 18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E / -33.994; 18.531 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Athlone, Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
Population
(2011)[1]
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• Total | 34,625 |
• Density | 17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 2.4% |
• Coloured | 96.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 70.7% |
• English | 27.9% |
• Other | 1.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) |
7780
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PO box |
7782
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In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies.[2][3] Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.[citation needed]
Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate.[4]