Gugulethu
Sign in to saveGugulethu is a township in Western Cape, South Africa and is around 20km from Cape Town. Its name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride / our hope. The area was the third township to be established in Cape Town, after Nyanga and Langa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gugulethu
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Cape Town
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- Main Place
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Cape Town
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_party
- DA
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Melody Klaas (ANC) (Ward 40) (Belinda) Ntombende Landingwe (Ward 41) (ANC) Mandisa Matshoba (Ward 42) (ANC) Faiza Adams (Ward 45)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.49
- Settlement.population_total
- 98468
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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- Area
- 6.49
- Image
- Pavement Meat Market.jpg
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- postal code
- 7756
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- Gugulethu
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Gugulethu is a township in Western Cape, South Africa and is around 20km from Cape Town. Its name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride / our hope. The area was the third township to be established in Cape Town, after Nyanga and Langa.
== History == The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride/ our hope. The establishment of the township began in 1959 as the government was preparing to forcibly remove blacks in Kensington and other suburbs. Africans were officially banned from District Six in 1964 and were forcibly removed to Gugulethu. Because of the large number of blacks who had been residents in District Six, Gugulethu quickly became the most populous township in the Cape Flats. The predominant language in Gugulethu is Xhosa. Gugulethu is passionately called or referred to as "Gugs" by the locals, which is a nickname stemming from the shortening of the name Gugulethu.
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