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Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area in Delft, Cape Town, better known by its nickname Blikkiesdorp, is a relocation camp in South Africa made up of corrugated iron shacks. Blikkiesdorp, which is Afrikaans for "Tin Can Village", was given its name by residents because of the row-upon-row of tin-like, one-room structures throughout the settlement.

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inception
2007-01-01
postal code
8801
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  • Settlement structure
  • Conditions and criticisms
  • Evictions
  • Police brutality
  • Films and books
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Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area in Delft, Cape Town, better known by its nickname Blikkiesdorp, is a relocation camp in South Africa made up of corrugated iron shacks. Blikkiesdorp, which is Afrikaans for "Tin Can Village", was given its name by residents because of the row-upon-row of tin-like, one-room structures throughout the settlement.

==Settlement structure==

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