Macassar, Western Cape
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macassar-western-cape-303-430840
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Macassar, Western Cape
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Macassar is a small town in South Africa, close to Strand and Somerset West, with an approximate population of 33,225. Administratively it is under City of Cape Town Eastern Suburbs zone. Macassar’s history is closely tied to the Strand, whose inhabitants first settled this area. The kramat (shrine) of Sheikh Yusuf of the Sultanate of Gowa, in present-day Makassar in Indonesia, is a holy place to South Africa's Muslim community. The Sheikh, who was exiled by the Dutch in 1694, came to the Strand
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Suburb of the City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macassar,_Western_Cape
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2024-03-11T19:25:23Z
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