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Coffee Bay
Koffiebaai | |
|---|---|
 Coffee Bay | |
  Coffee Bay  Coffee Bay  Coffee Bay | |
| Coordinates: 31°59′10″S 29°08′50″E / 31.98611°S 29.14722°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | O.R. Tambo |
| Municipality | King Sabata Dalindyebo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 258 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 73.0% |
| • Coloured | 3.5% |
| • White | 20.8% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 65.5% |
| • English | 22.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.4% |
| • Other | 4.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 5082 |
| Area code | 047 |
| Website | www.coffeebay.co.za |
Coffee Bay (Afrikaans: Koffiebaai) is a town on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is located about 250 kilometres south-west of the city of Durban[2] and has a population of 258 people.[3]
The town is named after the hundreds of coffee trees which grew from beans either scattered by a shipwreck or by plunderers.[4] A holiday resort in Tembuland is located 80 km south-east of Viedgesville. It can be reached via a turn-off from the N2 highway.
The Mthatha River's mouth is near Coffee Bay.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Coffee Bay". Census 2011.
- ^ "Ship sinking in rough seas". The Milwaukee Journal. 4 August 1991. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary; Armstrong, Kate (2006). South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland. Lonely Planet. p. 287. ISBN 1-74059-970-5.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 120.
- ^ Mthatha River System - 2008 Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine