Cape Flats

E67345

geographical region low-lying coastal plain plain

The Cape Flats is a low-lying, sandy plain on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, known for its dense townships, socio-economic challenges, and cultural diversity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Flats canonical	23
Cape Flats area	1
Cape Flats coastline	1
Cape Flats hinterland	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ low-lying coastal plain ⓘ plain ⓘ
administrativeAuthority	Cape Town ⓘ surface form: City of Cape Town
associatedWith	community activism ⓘ housing shortages ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ
borderedBy	False Bay ⓘ Hottentots Holland Mountains ⓘ Table Mountain ⓘ surface form: Table Mountain range
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains	Athlone ⓘ Bishop Lavis ⓘ Blue Downs ⓘ Bonteheuwel ⓘ Crossroads ⓘ Elsies River ⓘ Grassy Park ⓘ Gugulethu ⓘ Hanover Park ⓘ Heideveld ⓘ Mitchells Plain ⓘ surface form: Khayelitsha Kraaifontein ⓘ Langa ⓘ Manenberg ⓘ Mitchells Plain ⓘ Nyanga ⓘ Philippi ⓘ Retreat ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
elevation	low-lying ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	South African English ⓘ surface form: Cape Flats English dialect Cape jazz tradition ⓘ hip-hop culture ⓘ strong religious communities ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature	fynbos vegetation remnants ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
historicalRole	apartheid-era relocation area ⓘ site of forced removals under apartheid ⓘ
knownFor	cultural diversity ⓘ dense townships ⓘ gang activity ⓘ high crime rates ⓘ informal settlements ⓘ socio-economic challenges ⓘ
languageSpoken	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ
locatedIn	Cape Town ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ
locatedOn	Cape Peninsula ⓘ
partOf	City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality ⓘ surface form: City of Cape Town metropolitan area
populationCharacteristic	large Coloured population ⓘ predominantly working-class ⓘ racially diverse ⓘ significant Black African population ⓘ
terrainType	sandy plain ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Table Bay → near → Cape Flats ⓘ

City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality → administers → Cape Flats ⓘ

False Bay → adjacentTo → Cape Flats ⓘ

District Six residents in Cape Town → removedTo → Cape Flats ⓘ

Southern Suburbs of Cape Town → adjacentTo → Cape Flats ⓘ

Bellville → region → Cape Flats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Flats hinterland

Mitchells Plain → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Gugulethu → partOf → Cape Flats ⓘ

Nyanga → locatedIn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Manenberg → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Athlone → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Bishop Lavis → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Bonteheuwel → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Heideveld → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Crossroads → locatedIn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Blue Downs → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Blue Downs → partOfRegion → Cape Flats ⓘ

Grassy Park → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Retreat → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Retreat → hasGeographicalFeature → Cape Flats ⓘ

Milnerton Lagoon → region → Cape Flats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Flats coastline

Sunridge → locatedInRegion → Cape Flats ⓘ

Hanover Park → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Diep River → region → Cape Flats ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Flats area

Elsies River → locatedOn → Cape Flats ⓘ

Elsies River → partOfRegion → Cape Flats ⓘ