Maitland, Cape Town

Maitland
Maitland
PO box	7404

Maitland is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

Maitland is situated along a number of important transport networks connecting the Cape Town

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that is situated on its northern boundary. The area has always been an important transport hub for the city. In 1845 one of the first roads from

Sir Peregrine Maitland

who was governor of the Cape in the mid 1840s.

Geography

Maitland lies to the north of Pinelands, south of Brooklyn, east of Salt River

History

During the

Second Anglo-Boer War Maitland was the site of a major British cavalry camp, where troops and horses recovered from the voyage from Britain.^[4]

Demography

The 2011 census recorded the population of Maitland as consisting of 9,782 people. 49.9% described themselves as "Coloured", 1.9% as "Indian or Asian", 41.1% as "Black African", 2.6% as "White" and 4.0% as "Other". 58.0% spoke English as their first language, 16.5% spoke Afrikaans, 3.8% spoke Xhosa, 1.0% spoke Zulu and 20.7% .

Local schools

Maitland High School [5]
Holy Cross High School
Koeberg Primary school^[6]

In popular culture

The Standard Hotel located in Maitland was featured in the 2012 film Safe House. It features as one of the "seedy hotels" that the main protagonists seek refuge in.^[7]

The shrine of a well known Muslim Sufi saint i.e. Hazarat Khawaja Sayed Mehboob Ali Sha (R.A) is situated at the Maitland Cemetery gate 4A is also a source of blessings and unity of many communities. The shrine that still attracts thousands of devotees from all around the world.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Maitland". Census 2011.
^ "Cape Postal Codes of South Africa". Post. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Cape Town History". Capeinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Clay of Piercefield | Staffs Yeomanry Boer War Diary".
^ "Maitland high school". 20 May 2014.
^ "maitlandhigh school". 20 May 2014.
^ "Movie Review: Safe House". 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ "Hazarat Khwaja Sayed Mehboob Ali Sha".

[census2011-1] "Sub Place Maitland". Census 2011.

[Post-2] "Cape Postal Codes of South Africa". Post. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[Capeinfo-3] "Cape Town History". Capeinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[4] "Clay of Piercefield | Staffs Yeomanry Boer War Diary".

[5] "Maitland high school". 20 May 2014.

[6] "maitlandhigh school". 20 May 2014.

[StandardHotelSafeHouse-7] "Movie Review: Safe House". 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[8] "Hazarat Khwaja Sayed Mehboob Ali Sha".

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