Klipplaat is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Klipplaat
Dutch Reformed Church in Klipplaat
Dutch Reformed Church in Klipplaat
Klipplaat is located in Eastern Cape
Klipplaat
Klipplaat
Klipplaat is located in South Africa
Klipplaat
Klipplaat
Coordinates: 33°01′05″S 24°20′24″E / 33.018°S 24.340°E / -33.018; 24.340
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityDr Beyers Naudé
Area
 • Total12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,967
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African36.7%
 • Coloured61.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White1.1%
 • Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans67.7%
 • Xhosa27.3%
 • English2.5%
 • Other2.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6255
PO box
6255
Area code049

The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen.[2] It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Klipplaat and Wongalethu from Census 2011.
  2. ^ Travel distances from Klipplaat
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 251.