Mowbray, Cape Town
Mowbray | |
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Mostert's Mill, February 2008 | |
Street map of Mowbray | |
| Coordinates: 33°56′46″S 18°28′34″E / 33.94611°S 18.47611°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,726 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 44.2% |
| • White | 36.1% |
| • Coloured | 11.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 4.0% |
| • Other | 4.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 68.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.0% |
| • Xhosa | 7.4% |
| • Zulu | 2.1% |
| • Other | 14.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7700 |
| PO box | 7705 |
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station. Its original name was Driekoppen ("Three heads" in Dutch).