A township 40 km (25 miles) south-east of Cape Town, South Africa; population 2,100,000 (est. 2009). Designed to accommodate 250,000 people, it was built in 1983 for black Africans from the squatter camps of Crossroads, Langa, and KTC.
Definition of Khayelitsha in US English:
Khayelitsha
proper nounkīəˈliCHə
A township 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Cape Town, South Africa; population 2,100,000 (est. 2009). Designed to accommodate 250,000 people, it was built in 1983 for black Africans from the squatter camps of Crossroads, Langa, and KTC.