Tygerberg is a district in the
northern suburbs
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of
Cape Town
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in
South Africa
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. It is also the name of the range of hills in the area. The main Tygerberg farms were Pampoenkraal (became
Durbanville
Durbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater City of Cape Town, Cape Town metropolitan area. It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the ...
),
Stellenburgh (became part of
Bellville),
Evertsdal (became part of Bellville), De Grendel (today
Parow), Lebenstijn (part of Bellville),
Blommensteijn (incorporated into Bellville), Door de Kraal (incorporated into Bellville), Vissershok (which has no more farming as it became a quarry with mining activities) and Clara Anna Fontein. It also contains the Tygerberg Nature Reserve.
Tygerberg is host to the
Tygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity fo ...
. The hospital is the centre for the Medicine and Health Sciences faculty of
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...
. (Afrikaans: Universiteit Stellenbosch)
[http://www.sun.ac.za/english/ Web page for Stellenbosch University (English)]
The
Parow satellite campus of the
German International School Cape Town
The German International School Cape Town (, DSK) is a German international school in Cape Town, South Africa. The school has English and German streams, available for primary school, middle school, and high school. The German stream is available f ...
, in proximity to Tygerberg, serves German-speaking students up to grade 4.
[Satellite Campus in Tygerberg/Parow]
. German International School Cape Town
The German International School Cape Town (, DSK) is a German international school in Cape Town, South Africa. The school has English and German streams, available for primary school, middle school, and high school. The German stream is available f ...
. Retrieved on August 8, 2015
Page in German
.
See also
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Tygerberg Zoo
Tygerberg Zoo was a zoo near Stellenbosch, South Africa, which was the only zoo in the Western Cape province and the closest to Cape Town. Established in 1979, it was privately run, operated for 33 years, and closed in 2012. It was "once a majo ...
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Tygerberg Nature Reserve
Tygerberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Tierberg range of hills in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.
In 1657 the 7 km long range of hills became known as Luipaerts Berghen (‘Leopard’s Mountain’), named for t ...
References
External links
Web page for Universiteit Stellenbosch(in
Afrikaans
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)
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Suburbs of Cape Town