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Khayelitsha (Cape Town, South Africa)

LC control no.n 86082911
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Geographic headingKhayelitsha (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Variant(s)Khayelitsha (South Africa)
Cape Town (South Africa). Khayelitsha
Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision
Found inKhayelitsha, 1984?: t.p. (Khayelitsha) pref. (new township outside Cape Town)
BGN 4-17-86 (Khayelitsha, ppl, 34°04ʹS, 18°42ʹE)
New dictionary of South African place names, 2004: p. 175 (Khayelitsha; urban area some 19 km east of Wynberg and 25 km south-east of Cape Town; started in 1983 to accommodate homeless Xhosa squatters on the Cape Flats; name is of Xhosa and means "new home")
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