Krakeel River

Krakeel River
Krakeel River; Krakeelrivier
	Krakeel River Krakeel River
	Coordinates: 33°48′50″S23°43′55″E / 33.814°S 23.732°E Coordinates: 33°48′50″S23°43′55″E / 33.814°S 23.732°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Kou-Kamma
Area [1]
• Total	1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population (2011) [1]
• Total	1,931
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	13.2%
• Coloured	78.1%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	6.7%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	89.5%
• Xhosa	6.3%
• English	2.3%
• Other	1.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	6430

Last updated April 16, 2019

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

Sarah Baartman District Municipality is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes nine local municipalities. The seat of Sarah Baartman is the city of Port Elizabeth, although Port Elizabeth is not itself in the district. The largest languages among the 388,201 people are Xhosa and Afrikaans.. The district code is DC10.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Main Place Krakeel River". Census 2011.
↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 262.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Port Elizabeth
Blue Crane Route	Cookhouse Kommadagga Middleton Pearston Somerset East	Sarah Baartman District within South Africa
Dr Beyers Naudé	Aberdeen Adendorp Graaff-Reinet Jansenville Klipplaat Kendrew Nieu-Bethesda Rietbron Steytlerville Willowmore
Kouga	Aston Bay Cape St. Francis Hankey Humansdorp Jeffreys Bay Kruisfontein Loerie Oyster Bay Paradise Beach Patensie St Francis Bay Thornhill
Kou-Kamma	Clarkson Coldstream Joubertina Kareedouw Krakeel River Louterwater Misgund Stormsrivier Thornham Tweeriviere
Makana	Alicedale Grahamstown Riebeek East Salem
Ndlambe	Alexandria Bathurst Boesmansriviermond Boknesstrand Cannon Rocks Cuylerville Kasouga Kenton-on-Sea Port Alfred Seafield Southwell Trappe's Valley
Sunday's River Valley	Addo Coerney Enon Kirkwood Paterson

Krakeel River Krakeelrivier
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Coordinates: 33°48′50″S23°43′55″E / 33.814°S 23.732°E / -33.814; 23.732 Coordinates: 33°48′50″S23°43′55″E / 33.814°S 23.732°E / -33.814; 23.732
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Kou-Kamma
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.06 km² (0.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,931
• Density	1,800/km² (4,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	13.2%
• Coloured	78.1%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	6.7%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Afrikaans	89.5%
• Xhosa	6.3%
• English	2.3%
• Other	1.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	6430