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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Klipplaat
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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 km (5.0 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,967
 • Density230/km (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 box6255
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. 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'.

References

  1. ^ 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.
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