Maitland
An aerial view of the railway lines running through Maitland towards the East of Cape Town.
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Coordinates: 33°55′29″S 18°29′13″E / 33.92472°S 18.48694°E / -33.92472; 18.48694
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Cape Town
Government
• Councillor	Asa Abrahams (Ward 24) (DA) Brian Watkyns (Ward 53) (DA) Cheslyn Steenberg (Ward 56) (PA)
Area [1]
• Total	3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,782
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	41.7%
• Coloured	49.9%
• Indian/Asian	1.9%
• White	2.6%
• Other	4.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	58.0%
• Afrikaans	16.5%
• Xhosa	3.8%
• Zulu	1.0%
• Other	20.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7405[2]
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 city bowl to the rest of the city. The most important being the railway line that runs through the middle of the suburb and the N1 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 Stellenbosch through the Maitland area was completed.^[3] This effectively connected Cape Town to the rest of Africa as at the time the dunes of the Cape Flats prevented much traffic between the two locations. The suburb is named after 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]