Kleinmond

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Kleinmond
Town
Top: Kleinmond as seen from the surrounding mountains. Left: welcome sign to Kleinmond. Right: Kleimond Beach at the mouth of the Bot River lagoon.
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Coordinates: 34°20′S 19°01′E / 34.34°S 19.02°E / -34.34; 19.02
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Overstrand
Government
• Councillor	Grant Cohen[1] (DA)
Area [2]
• Total	7.13 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	6,634
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	34.8%
• Coloured	27.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	36.3%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Afrikaans	60.1%
• Xhosa	25.5%
• English	7.6%
• Sotho	3.2%
• Other	3.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7195
PO box	7195
Area code	028
Website	www.kleinmondtourism.co.za

Kleinmond is a small coastal town in the Overberg region of the Western Cape province, South Africa. It is situated inside a UNESCO-declared biosphere about 90 km east of Cape Town between Betty's Bay and Hermanus. The town's name, meaning "small mouth" in Afrikaans, refers to its location at the mouth of the Bot River lagoon. Stone axe heads found in the area indicate that people already lived in the vicinity of nearby Hangklip 20,000 years ago. Information about the area has existed in writing since the seventeenth century.^[3]