Country South Africa Municipality City of Cape Town Postal code (street) 7925 | Province Western Cape Main Place Cape Town | |
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Zonnebloem (Dutch for sunflower) is a suburb in City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, previously part of District Six.
Map of Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
It was a farming estate until the early 19th century, when it became a suburb of Cape Town as the population and city boundaries grew. Zonnebloem became a home to freed slaves, merchants, labourers and immigrants. During apartheid, the area of District Six was declared a white-only area and the previous residents were evicted.
The suburb hosts the Cape Town Campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
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Zonnebloem Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA