Bishop Lavis is a suburb of Cape Town, located 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of the city centre near Cape Town International Airport. It had, as of 2001, a population of 44,419 people, of whom 97% described themselves as Coloured, and 90% spoke Afrikaans while 9% spoke English.[2] The official 2011 census gave the population figure as 26,482.[1]

Bishop Lavis
An informal settlement in Bishop Lavis.
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Coordinates: 33°56′55″S 18°34′33″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Established	Developed by Communicare between 1951 - 1960
Area [1]
• Total	2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	26,482
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	1.9%
• Coloured	97.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.0%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	86.4%
• English	12.0%
• Other	1.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7490
Area code	021

Bishop Lavis is one of many townships that was established in the Western Cape Province by the country's reigning regime at the introduction of apartheid in South Africa. During this period non-white citizens were moved from their lands and homes across the region (because it was abruptly designated for "whites only"), into these townships.

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