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Gansbaai
Place in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale-watching location.
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Coordinates: 34°34′58″S 19°21′8″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Overstrand |
Area | |
• Total | 12.44 km2 (4.80 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 11,598 |
• Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 45.2% |
• Coloured | 29.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 24.5% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 53.2% |
• Xhosa | 39.8% |
• English | 3.5% |
• Sotho | 1.6% |
• Other | 1.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7220 |
PO box | 7220 |
Area code | 028 |
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The main tourist attraction in Gansbaai since approximately 1995 has been cage diving with great white sharks. It is said [who?] that after Kruger National Park, the great white sharks attract some of the highest numbers of tourists to South Africa for any single activity.