Kalk Bay
Fishing village on the coast of False Bay, and a suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: Kalkbaai) is a fishing village and suburb of Cape Town. It lies on the east coast of False Bay with much of the town built on the slopes of mountains which border the sea, with peaks of Table Mountain Sandstone forming valleys.[2] The railway from Cape Town to Simon's Town passes through Kalk Bay, which has one station near the harbour.
Kalk Bay
Kalkbaai | |
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Coordinates: 34°07′40″S 18°26′54″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Municipality | City of Cape Town |
Main Place | Cape Town |
Government | |
• Councillor | Aimee Kuhl (Democratic Alliance) |
Area | |
• Total | 0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 700 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 8.1% |
• Coloured | 32.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 54.6% |
• Other | 4.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 86.2% |
• Afrikaans | 10.3% |
• Other | 3.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7975 |
PO box | 7990 |
Kalk Bay is adjacent to the historically connected suburb of St James, with the division between the two being largely formal. They share the Kalk Bay & St. James Ratepayers and Residents Association, which manages a heritage committee and co-operates with the government on matters of safety and conservation.[3]
In 2018 Forbes Magazine voted the neighborhood one of the "coolest in the world".[4][5]