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Blue Downs
An aerial photograph of Blue Downs in the foreground and Mfuleni laying just beyond. Picture is taken of these two areas stretching to the west towards Table Mountain. Ikweze Park (on the left) and Delft (to the right) lay beyond.
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Coordinates: 34°0′0″S 18°41′51″E / 34.00000°S 18.69750°E / -34.00000; 18.69750
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Government
• Type	Metropolitan City Council
• Councillor	Cynthia Claasen (Ward 19) (DA) Bert Van Dalen (Ward 14) (DA)
Area
• Total	24.57 km (9.49 sq mi)
Population
• Total	92,330
• Density	3,800/km (9,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	22.9%
• Coloured	74.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	0.3%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	63.6%
• Xhosa	17.0%
• English	15.8%
• Other	3.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7100
PO box	7105
Area code	021

Blue Downs is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs Zone of the City of Cape Town situated on the eastern outskirts of the city and is also located on the Cape Flats, 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 for the area and the building of additional schools.

See also

• Blackheath train accident

References

1. ^ "Main Place Blue Downs". Census 2011.

v t e Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
Atlantic Seaboard	Bakoven Bantry Bay Camps Bay Clifton Fresnaye Green Point Llandudno Mouille Point Sea Point Three Anchor Bay
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Brooklyn Century City Dunoon Duynefontein Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View
Cape Flats	Athlone Bishop Lavis Crawford Crossroads Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Kenwyn Lansdowne Lavender Hill Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Browns Farm Philippi Horticultural Philippi East Rondebosch East Strandfontein Khayelitsha Bongweni Harare/Holimisa Ikwezi Park Mandela Park Griffiths Mxenge QQ Section Silver Town Victoria Merge Mitchells Plain Rocklands Westridge Portlands Tafelsig Eastridge Beacon Valley Lentegeur Woodlands Weltevreden Valley Colorado Park Mandalay Montclair Watergate Developments Heinz Park Morgans Village Rondevlei Westgate Montrose Park Lost City
City Centre	Bo-Kaap De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Foreshore Gardens Higgovale Oranjezicht Robben Island Schotsche Kloof Tamboerskloof University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Helderberg	Eerste River Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Parel Vallei Strand Lwandle Nomzamo
Islands	Robben Island
Northern Suburbs	Belhar Bellville Boston Eversdal Kenridge Stellenberg Blue Downs Bonteheuwel Bothasig Brackenfell Delft Blikkiesdorp Durbanville Edgemead Elsie's River Epping Fisantekraal Goodwood Kensington Kraaifontein (Wallacedene) Kuils River Langa Joe Slovo Maitland Mfuleni Monte Vista Ndabeni Norwood Panorama Parow Philadelphia Pinelands Richwood Thornton Tygerberg
Southern Suburbs	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Claremont (Harfield Village) Constantia Diep River Grassy Park Heathfield Kenilworth Lotus River Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Observatory Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Salt River Steenberg Tokai Wetton Wynberg
South Peninsula	Capri Village Clovelly Da Gama Park Fish Hoek Glencairn Hangberg Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kommetjie Masiphumelele Noordhoek Ocean View Scarborough Simon's Town St James

• Suburbs of Cape Town
• Former Coloured townships in South Africa
• Townships in the Western Cape