Da Gama Park

Da Gama Park is a suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.[2]

Da Gama Park
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Coordinates: 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%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7975

Da Gama Park was founded as a 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.[3]

References

"Sub Place Da Gama Park". Census 2011.
"Official planning suburbs". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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
Atlantic Seaboard	Bakoven Bantry Bay Camps Bay Clifton Fresnaye Green Point Llandudno Mouille Point Sea Point Three Anchor Bay	City of Cape Town within South Africa
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Brooklyn Century City Dunoon Duynefontein Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View
Cape Flats	Athlone Bishop Lavis Crawford Crossroads Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Kenwyn Khayelitsha QQ Section Lansdowne Lavender Hill Manenberg Mitchells Plain Nyanga Ottery Philippi Browns Farm Philippi Horticultural Philippi East Rondebosch East Strandfontein
City Centre	Bo-Kaap De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Foreshore Gardens Higgovale Oranjezicht Robben Island Schotsche Kloof Tamboerskloof University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Helderberg	Eerste River Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Parel Vallei Strand Lwandle Nomzamo
Northern Suburbs	Belhar Bellville Boston Eversdal Kenridge Stellenberg Blue Downs Bonteheuwel Bothasig Brackenfell Delft Blikkiesdorp Durbanville Edgemead Elsie's River Epping Fisantekraal Goodwood Kensington Kraaifontein Kuils River Langa Joe Slovo Maitland Mfuleni Monte Vista Ndabeni Norwood Panorama Parow Philadelphia Pinelands Richwood Thornton Tygerberg Wallacedene
Southern Suburbs	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Claremont Constantia Diep River Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Kenilworth Lotus River Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Observatory Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Salt River Steenberg Tokai Wetton Wynberg
South Peninsula	Capri Village Clovelly Da Gama Park Fish Hoek Glencairn Hangberg Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kommetjie Masiphumelele Noordhoek Ocean View Scarborough Simon's Town St James

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