Buffelsbaai

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Buffelsbaai
Coordinates: 34°05′S22°58′E / 34.083°S 22.967°E / -34.083; 22.967 Coordinates: 34°05′S22°58′E / 34.083°S 22.967°E / -34.083; 22.967
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District Garden Route
Municipality Knysna
Area
[1]
  Total0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total71
  Density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 1.4%
   Coloured 71.8%
   White 26.8%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 100.0%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Buffelsbaai (also Buffels Bay and Buffalo Bay) is a small seaside village 20 kilometres [2] from Knysna in the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The village is named after Buffelsbaai which stretches east of the village. It is a popular vacation destination with a small waterfront with stores.

The cargo ship Kiani Satu, travelling from Hong Kong to Ghana with a shipment of rice, ran aground and sank off the coast of the town in August 2013. Leaked oil from the vessel threatened the nearby Goukamma Nature Reserve; 217 birds were cleaned by SANCCOB after the spill. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Buffelsbaai". Census 2011.
  2. "Google Maps".
  3. "Kiani Satu sinks off Knysna". News24. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. "Kiani Satu afloat after stalling". eNCA. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.