Langa (Q127067)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Langa is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "sun". The township was initially built in phases before being formally opened in 1927. It was developed as a result of South Africa's 1923 Urban Areas Act (more commonly known as the "pass laws"), which was designed to force Africans to move from their homes into segregated locations. Similar to Nyanga, Langa is one of the many areas in South Africa that were designated for Black Africans before the apartheid era. It is the oldest of such suburbs in Cape Town and was the location of much resistance to apartheid.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Langa (Xhosa vir: "son") is 'n township in Kaapstad. Volgens die 2011-sensus het Langa 'n bevolking van 52 401 gehad. Langa is in 1927, nog voor die begin van Apartheid, vir swart mense beplan en gestig, waarmee dit een van die eerste townships in Suid-Afrika is. Langa is na die stamhoof Langalibalele, leier van die Langalibalele-rebellie genoem. Nadat Langa te groot geword het, is in 1955 verder oos 'n nuwe township, Nyanga, gestig.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Langa est un township d'Afrique du Sud, situé dans les Cape Flats à l'est de la ville du Cap. Administrativement directement rattaché à la municipalité métropolitaine de la ville du Cap, Langa est le plus ancien township de la péninsule du Cap.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Langa ist ein Stadtteil der City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap. Er war bereits vor der Einführung des Apartheidsystems der erste Kapstädter Stadtteil, der für Schwarze geplant und errichtet wurde, und zählt somit zu den ersten Townships Südafrikas.

Wikidata location: -33.9467, 18.5313 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Langa (OSM), 212 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Langa
place: suburb
source: sagns
sagns_id: 99351
wikidata: Q127067
wikipedia: en:Langa, Cape Town
wikimedia_commons: Category:Langa, Cape Town

wikidata match: Q127067

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political territorial entity (Q1048835) political_division
neighborhood (Q123705) place=neighbourhood
administrative territorial entity (Q56061) boundary=administrative

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Suburbs of Cape Town boundary=administrative, place=suburb, landuse=residential, admin_level
Townships in the Western Cape place=township