Tamboerskloof is a
neighbourhood
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and suburb of
Cape Town
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,
South Africa
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. It lies on the slopes of
Lion's Head and
Signal Hill, adjacent to the neighbourhoods of
Gardens
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and
Bo-Kaap. Tamboerskloof is one of the contiguous group of neighbourhoods referred to as the
City Bowl.
Etymology
The name ''Tamboerskloof'' is derived from the
Dutch and
Afrikaans
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words ''tamboer'' (drum) and ''kloof'' (valley). When
Dutch settlers arrived and set up farms in the 1650s, they established the first of a series of lookout points at the site where Tamboerskloof lies today. From these lookout points, watchmen would beat drums to alert farmers in the area to the approach of a ship. Thanks to this, farmers would know that it was time to make their way to Cape Town harbour with their crops.
Neighbourhood Watch
There is a very active neighbourhood watch called Tamboerskloof Neighbourhood Watch (TBKWatch) which assists the community with volunteer patrols, a radio network, a CCTV network and reporting of service issues such as out of order street lights, traffic lights, potholes, and blocked drains. They work very closely with a community control room (Watchcom), the
South African Police Service
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, City of Cape Town Metro Police, nearby City Improvement Districts, as well as local armed response companies.
Schools
Several schools can be found within Tamboerskloof, including:
*Tamboerskloof Primary School
*
German International School Cape Town
*Jan van Riebeek Primary School
*
Jan van Riebeek High School.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Census, the population of Tamboerskloof was 2 921. The following tables show various demographic data about Tamboerskloof from that census.
;Gender
;Ethnic Group
;Home Language
References
External links
Tamboerskloof Neighbourhood WatchCape Town Central Watchcom (community control room)Tamboerskloof Primary School
{{Cape Town, communities
Suburbs of Cape Town