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Gansbaai | |
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 Danger Point lighthouse near Gansbaai | |
  Gansbaai  Gansbaai | |
| Coordinates: 34°34′58″S 19°21′8″E / 34.58278°S 19.35222°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 |
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans 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.
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.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Gansbaai". Census 2011.