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Klipheuwel
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Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E / -33.724; 18.707
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area
• Total	2.19 km (0.85 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,294
• Density	1,000/km (2,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	54.1%
• Coloured	38.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	6.8%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	43.2%
• Xhosa	34.0%
• Sotho	14.2%
• English	6.5%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7550

Klipheuwel is a village of about 2,300 people situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Durbanville, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 1920s it was the site of a shortwave transmitter constructed by the Marconi Company as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain. It remains today the site of the transmitter for the Cape Talk AM radio station.

Roads

Klipheuwel is located between the R302 and R304 regional routes. The R302 (Malmesbury Road) connects to Durbanville in the south-west and Malmesbury in the north, whilst the R304 (Philadelphia Road) connects to Philadelphia and Atlantis in the north-west and Stellenbosch in the south-east. The R304 also provides Klipheuwel access to the N1 (to the south) and N7 freeways (to the west).

References

1. ^ "Main Place Klipheuwel". Census 2011.
2. Beam Wireless - The Original Stations Shortwave Central, published 2010-11-30, accessed 2011,03-06

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