Mamre, Western Cape

Mamre
De Kleine Post in Memre
Mamre  Mamre shown within South Africa
Location within Cape Town  Mamre
Coordinates: 33°31′00″S 18°28′00″E / 33.516667°S 18.466667°E / -33.516667; 18.466667Coordinates: 33°31′00″S 18°28′00″E / 33.516667°S 18.466667°E / -33.516667; 18.466667
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%
Postal code (street)	7349
PO box	7347

Mamre is a town in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated approximately 30 kilometres (20 mi) north of central Cape Town, close to the town of Atlantis.

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

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