Blikkiesdorp
Sign in to saveSymphony 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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- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- City of Cape Town
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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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blikkiesdorp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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