Blue Downs is a town in the
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...
,
South Africa
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. It forms part of the Oostenberg subregion of the
City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town ( af, Stad Kaapstad; xh, IsiXeko saseKapa) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,740,026.
The remo ...
situated on the eastern outskirts of the city and is also located on the
Cape Flats
The Cape Flats ( af, Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. The Cape Flats is also the name of an administrative region of the City of Cape Town, which li ...
, a flat expanse of land east of Cape Town.
The suburb is one of the outlying areas of Cape Town that has been targeted by the
Western Cape provincial government for development. Planned developments include improved
public transportation
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for the area and the building of additional
school
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s.
See also
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Blackheath train accident
References
{{Cape Town suburbs
Suburbs of Cape Town
Former Coloured townships in South Africa
Townships in the Western Cape