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Zonnebloem

Coordinates: 33°55′52″S 18°25′59″E / 33.931°S 18.433°E / -33.931; 18.433
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Zonnebloem
Kanaladorp
District Six
Street map of Zonnebloem
Street map of Zonnebloem
Zonnebloem is located in Western Cape
Zonnebloem
Zonnebloem
Zonnebloem is located in South Africa
Zonnebloem
Zonnebloem
Coordinates: 33°55′52″S 18°25′59″E / 33.931°S 18.433°E / -33.931; 18.433
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Main PlaceCape Town
Area
 • Total
1.42 km2 (0.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
5,122
 • Density3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African39.4%
 • Coloured31.4%
 • Indian/Asian2.2%
 • White19.6%
 • Other7.4%
First languages (2011)
 • English47.1%
 • Afrikaans26.6%
 • Xhosa8.5%
 • Zulu1.6%
 • Other16.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7925

Zonnebloem (Dutch for sunflower)[2] is a suburb in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, previously part of District Six.

It was a farming estate until the early 19th century, when it became a suburb of Cape Town as the population and city boundaries grew.[3] Zonnebloem became a home to freed slaves, merchants, labourers and immigrants. During apartheid, the area of District Six was declared a white-only area and the previous residents were forcefully evicted under the Group Areas Act of the apartheid regime.

The suburb hosts the District Six Campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

On 17 December 2019, the Arts and Culture minister, Nathi Mthethwa, gazetted the renaming of Zonnebloem to District Six after the District Six Museum launched a campaign earlier that year to have the old name brought back and some residents applied to the South African Geographical Names Council in 2018 for the same.[4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Zonnebloem". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Zonnebloem Information". WhereToStay. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ^ "District Six". The Crossings Project. Devon County Council. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. ^ Sidimba, Loyiso (17 December 2019). "Zonnebloem officially reverts to District Six". IOL. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  5. ^ "Back on the map - Mthethwa approves renaming of Zonnebloem back to District Six". News24. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  6. ^ "District Six is here again". www.dailyvoice.co.za. Retrieved 2025-06-04.