Coffee Bay

Coffee Bay
Koffiebaai
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay is located in Eastern Cape
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay is located in South Africa
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay is located in Africa
Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay
Coordinates: 31°59′10″S 29°08′50″E / 31.98611°S 29.14722°E / -31.98611; 29.14722
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictO.R. Tambo
MunicipalityKing Sabata Dalindyebo
Area
 • Total0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total258
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African73.0%
 • Coloured3.5%
 • White20.8%
 • Other2.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa65.5%
 • English22.9%
 • Afrikaans7.4%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
5082
Area code047
Websitewww.coffeebay.co.za

Coffee Bay (Afrikaans: Koffiebaai) is a town on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is located about 250 kilometres south-west of the city of Durban[2] and has a population of 258 people.[3]

The town is named after the hundreds of coffee trees which grew from beans either scattered by a shipwreck or by plunderers.[4] A holiday resort in Tembuland is located 80 km south-east of Viedgesville. It can be reached via a turn-off from the N2 highway.

The Mthatha River's mouth is near Coffee Bay.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Coffee Bay". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Ship sinking in rough seas". The Milwaukee Journal. 4 August 1991. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary; Armstrong, Kate (2006). South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland. Lonely Planet. p. 287. ISBN 1-74059-970-5.
  4. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 120.
  5. ^ Mthatha River System - 2008 Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine