Strandfontein, Cape Town
Seaside suburb of Cape Town, in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Strandfontein, West Coast District.
Strandfontein is a seaside resort 8 km east of Muizenberg and just west of Michells Plain, on the northern shore of False Bay in the City of Cape Town municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
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Strandfontein
The Village | |
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Coordinates: 34.076°S 18.573°E / -34.076; 18.573 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Cape Town |
Area | |
• Total | 8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 758 |
• Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 7.7% |
• Coloured | 88.4% |
• White | 1.6% |
• Other | 2.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 69.5% |
• English | 21.9% |
• Xhosa | 4.7% |
• Other | 4.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7798 |
PO box | 7788 |
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It was laid out in 1962. The name is Afrikaans for ‘beach fountain’.[2]