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Rocklands, Mitchells Plain

Coordinates: 34°03′50″S 18°36′32″E / 34.064°S 18.609°E / -34.064; 18.609
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Rocklands
The Rocklands Community Hall in Rocklands, Cape Town. The UDF monument celebrating the formation of the United Democratic Front in the hall is in the foreground.
The Rocklands Community Hall in Rocklands, Cape Town. The UDF monument celebrating the formation of the United Democratic Front in the hall is in the foreground.
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Coordinates: 34°03′50″S 18°36′32″E / 34.064°S 18.609°E / -34.064; 18.609
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceMitchells Plain, Cape Town
Area
 • Total3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total29,782
 • Density9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African2.48%
 • Coloured96.35%
 • Indian/Asian0.52%
 • White0.17%
 • Other0.48%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans50.98%
 • English47.02%
 • Sign language0.41%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Rocklands is a neighborhood in the southwestern corner of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The community of Strandfontein is to its immediate west.

On 20 August 1983 the United Democratic Front, an important anti-apartheid organisation, was founded at the Rocklands Community Hall.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Rocklands". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Vorster 2015, p. 3.
  3. ^ South African History Online.

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