Klipplaat

Klipplaat
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Coordinates: 33°01′05″S24°20′24″E / 33.018°S 24.340°E / -33.018; 24.340
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Area [1]
• Total	12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	2,967
• Density	230/km2 (596/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	36.7%
•  Coloured	61.3%
•  Indian/Asian	0.4%
•  White	1.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Afrikaans	67.7%
•  Xhosa	27.3%
•  English	2.5%
• Other	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6255
PO box	6255
Area code	049

Klipplaat is a town in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen. ^[2] It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'. ^[3]

References

1. Sum of the Main Places Klipplaat and Wongalethu from Census 2011.
2. Travel distances from Klipplaat
3. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 251.