Coordinates: 33.517°S 18.

467°E

Mamre, Western Cape

Mamre is a small rural town in the Western Cape province of
South Africa. It is situated on the northern-most border of the Mamre
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. It is situated
approximately 55 kilometres (30 mi) north of central Cape
Town, and 5-6 km to the neighbouring industrial town of
Atlantis.

History
Mamre was established as a village and mission station in 1808
by Moravian missionaries. It was at first known as Groene
Kloof (Green Gorge) after the Dutch East India Company post
established there in 1701 and abandoned in 1791. It was De Kleine Post in Mamre
subsequently renamed after the biblical Mamre (Gen. 13:18), a
name said to mean "fattiness".[2]

In December 1962, Looksmart Ngudle and Denis Goldberg

helped to organise an Umkhonto we Sizwe training camp at
Mamre, later recognised as the first MK training centre inside
South Africa; however it had to be abandoned early due to
Security Police interest.[3] Mamre

References
1. "Main Place Mamre" (http://census2011.adrianfrith.co
m/place/199001). Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public
Domain)" (https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSout
hernAfricanPlaceNames). Human Science Research
Council. p. 295.
3. Goldberg, Denis (2016). A Life for Freedom. University
Press of Kentucky. pp. 71–26. ISBN 9780813166858.
Mamre

Coordinates: 33.517°S 18.467°E

Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
Municipality City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total 1.87 km2
(0.72 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total 9,048
• Density 4,800/km2
 (13,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African 3.0%
• Coloured 94.6%
• Indian/Asian 0.3%
• White 0.3%
• Other 1.8%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans 92.3%
• English 6.0%
• Other 1.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code 7349
(street)
PO box 7347

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