Da Gama Park

Da Gama Park
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Location within Cape Town Da Gama Park
Coordinates: 34°09′40″S 18°24′11″E / 34.161°S 18.403°E / -34.161; 18.403Coordinates: 34°09′40″S 18°24′11″E / 34.161°S 18.403°E / -34.161; 18.403
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Simon's Town
Area^[1]
• Total	1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,463
• Density	1,300/km² (3,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	39.7%
• Coloured	25.1%
• Indian/Asian	14.5%
• White	19.5%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	46.4%
• Afrikaans	20.3%
• Xhosa	9.6%
• Zulu	8.0%
• Other	15.6%
Postal code (street)	7975

Da Gama Park is a town in City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Township in the former Simon's Town district, north-west of the town. Situated in the Else River Valley, it was established for men of the Navy and their families. It was named after Vasco da Gama (?-1524), the Portuguese navigator.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Da Gama Park". Census 2011.
↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 127. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape

Seat: Cape Town

Cape Flats	Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein Wetton

Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Lwandle Macassar Parel Vallei Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand

Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section

Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene

South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg

Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem

Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft (Blikkiesdorp) Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg

Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View

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