Saint Helena Bay
St. Helenabaai | |
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 View of Britannia Bay west of St Helena Bay | |
  Saint Helena Bay  Saint Helena Bay | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′30″S 18°01′40″E / 32.75833°S 18.02778°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | West Coast |
| Municipality | Saldanha Bay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.92 km2 (10.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,529 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.7% |
| • Coloured | 59.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 10.3% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 68.9% |
| • Xhosa | 25.7% |
| • English | 3.5% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7390 |
Saint Helena Bay (Afrikaans: St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Nicknamed by locals as Agterbaai,[2][3] the town is located on the shore of the bay, from which it derives its name[4] and is approximately 150 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. It surrounds the towns of Vredenburg and Paternoster, and is located across the bay from Laaiplek.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Saint Helena Bay". Census 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ St Helena Bay. CapeWestCoast.org. http://www.capewestcoast.org/regions/town.php?town_id=29
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 395.