Sir Lowry's Pass Village

Sir Lowry's Pass Village
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Location within Cape Town  Sir Lowry's Pass Village
Coordinates: 34°07′00″S 18°54′47″E / 34.11667°S 18.91306°E / -34.11667; 18.91306Coordinates: 34°07′00″S 18°54′47″E / 34.11667°S 18.91306°E / -34.11667; 18.91306
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	8,496
• Density	4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	28.2%
• Coloured	66.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	4.2%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	73.0%
• Xhosa	17.3%
• English	6.2%
• Other	3.5%

Sir Lowry's Pass Village is a town near the base of Sir Lowry's Pass, about 60 km from Cape Town, South Africa.

History

In 1846 there was a Post Office, run by a postmistress, Mrs Walters, and six farms in the area. 43 years later the first steam train stopped there in 1890. The railway station later became the Post Office. The waiting room was also used for English Church Services in 1925, as there was no church building at the time. Wild flowers grew in profusion on the mountains and hills around the village and selling them was a major source of income for the villagers in the early 1900s. Today the little village is flanked by up-market residential estates and various wine farms.

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
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Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Lwandle Macassar Parel Vallei Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand
Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section
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South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg
Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft (Blikkiesdorp) Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View