Lwandle (from a Zulu word meaning "ocean") is a township in Strand, a town in the eastern part of the Cape Town Metro in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Administratively it is a suburb of the City of Cape Town.[2] Under Apartheid it was a group area for black people and is still predominantly populated by this community.

Lwandle
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Coordinates: 34.1211°S 18.8654°E / -34.1211; 18.8654
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area [1]
• Total	1.21 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	19,818
• Density	16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	96.1%
• Coloured	3.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	82.7%
• Afrikaans	4.4%
• Sotho	3.4%
• English	2.5%
• Other	7.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7140
PO box	7143

References

See also

• Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum