Hanover Park, Cape Town
Hanover Park | |
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A view of Hanover Park | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′38″S 18°31′52″E / 33.994°S 18.531°E | |
| 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) | |
• 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 |
| PO box | 7782 |
Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies. Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.
Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate.