🏠 Ocean View, Cape Town

South Africa · Africa · 34.15°S, 18.36°E

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Ocean View, Cape Town, was established between 1960 and 1970, as a township for coloured people who had been forcibly removed from the neighbouring so called "white areas", such as Simon's Town, Noordhoek, Fish Hoek, and Glencairn, by the apartheid government under the Group Areas Act of 1950. Originally called "Slangkop", the area was later renamed Ocean View by the unwilling residents who recalled their seized seaside residences.

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CountrySouth Africa
Continent / regionAfrica
Coordinates (approx.)34.15°S, 18.36°E · view on map

Ocean View, Cape Town is located in South Africa, in Africa.

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