Klipplaat

Klipplaat
Dutch Reformed Church in Klipplaat
Dutch Reformed Church in Klipplaat
Klipplaat is located in Eastern Cape
Klipplaat
Klipplaat
Klipplaat is located in South Africa
Klipplaat
Klipplaat
Coordinates: 33°01′05″S 24°20′24″E / 33.018°S 24.340°E / -33.018; 24.340
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityDr Beyers Naudé
Area
 • Total12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,967
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African36.7%
 • Coloured61.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White1.1%
 • Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans67.7%
 • Xhosa27.3%
 • English2.5%
 • Other2.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6255
PO box
6255
Area code049

Klipplaat is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen.[2] It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Klipplaat and Wongalethu from Census 2011.
  2. ^ Travel distances from Klipplaat
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 251.