Back St. Helenabaai Afrikaans St Helena Bay German St Helena Bay French Սենտ Հելինա Բեյ Armenian St Helena Bay Italian Sint Helenabaai Dutch St Helena Bay NSO Baía de Santa Helena Portuguese St. Helenabaai Romanian Сент-Хелина-Бей Russian
Saint Helena Bay
St. Helenabaai | |
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 View of Britannia Bay west of St Helena Bay | |
  Saint Helena Bay  Saint Helena Bay | |
| Coordinates: 32°45′30″S 18°01′40″E / 32.75833°S 18.02778°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | West Coast |
| Municipality | Saldanha Bay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.92 km2 (10.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,529 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.7% |
| • Coloured | 59.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 10.3% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 68.9% |
| • Xhosa | 25.7% |
| • English | 3.5% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7390 |
Saint Helena Bay (Afrikaans: St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Nicknamed by locals as Agterbaai,[2][3] the town is located on the shore of the bay, from which it derives its name[4] and is approximately 150 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. It surrounds the towns of Vredenburg and Paternoster, and is located across the bay from Laaiplek.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Saint Helena Bay". Census 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ St Helena Bay. CapeWestCoast.org. http://www.capewestcoast.org/regions/town.php?town_id=29
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 395.