Infanta | |
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![]() The village of Infanta | |
Coordinates: 34°25′S 20°51′E / 34.417°S 20.850°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Swellendam |
Area | |
• Total | 20.45 km2 (7.90 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 90 |
• Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 8.9% |
• Coloured | 21.1% |
• White | 70.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 50.0% |
• English | 46.7% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.1% |
• Sotho | 1.1% |
• Other | 1.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Infanta is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Seaside resort at the estuary of the Breede River, at St Sebastian Bay, some 80 km south-east of Swellendam. Takes its name from Cape Infanta several kilometres to the south, and from its situation on the Breede River.[2] The cape was in turn named after captain João Infante, who commanded one of Bartolomeu Dias's caravels.