Mitchells Plain (Q3078599)

matcher place: City of Cape Town (relation 79604)
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English Wikipedia categories: Former Coloured townships in South Africa, Suburbs of Cape Town, Townships in the Western Cape, Urban decay in South Africa

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mitchells Plain is a large census designated sub-place located within the City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and situated about 28 km (17 mi) from the Cape Town city centre. It is one of South Africa's largest residential areas and contains multiple smaller suburbs. It is located on the Cape Flats on the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Khayelitsha. Conceived of as a "model suburb" by the apartheid government, it was built during the 1970s to provide housing for Coloured victims of forced removal due to the implementation of the Group Areas Act.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Mitchells Plain‎ is 'n woongebied vir grotendeels bruin mense, 32 km vanaf Kaapstad se middestad. Dit is Suid-Afrika se elfde grootste woongebied. Dit is op die Kaapse Vlakte aan die Valsbaai-kus tussen Muizenberg en Khayelitsha geleë.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Mitchell’s Plain est un township de la ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud situé sur la côte de False Bay.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Mitchells Plain (gelegentlich auch Mitchell’s Plain) ist ein Stadtteil der Metropolgemeinde City of Cape Town in der südafrikanischen Provinz Westkap. Er wurde in den 1970er Jahren in der Zeit der Apartheid als Township für Coloureds gegründet und zählt zu den größten Townshipsiedlungen des Landes.

Wikidata location: -34.0506, 18.6181 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Mitchells Plain (OSM), 0 m from Wikidata [show tags]

name: Mitchells Plain
is_in: Western Cape; South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
sagns_id: 106715
wikidata: Q3078599
wikipedia: en:Mitchells Plain
population: 400000
wikimedia_commons: Category:Mitchell's Plain

wikidata match: Q3078599

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

Search criteria from categories

Former Coloured townships in South Africa	place=township
Suburbs of Cape Town	boundary=administrative, place=suburb, landuse=residential, admin_level
Townships in the Western Cape	place=township