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Clockwise from Top: Canopy Tours, Assegai Street, De Oude Pastorie building, the Tsitsikamma Mountains seen from Stormsrivier
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Stormsrivier
Coordinates: 33°58′00″S23°53′00″E / 33.966667°S 23.883333°E / -33.966667; 23.883333
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Municipality Kou-Kamma
Area
[1]
  Total1.82 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total1,670
  Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 43.0%
   Coloured 48.8%
   Indian/Asian 0.1%
   White 7.5%
  Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 58.7%
   Xhosa 32.2%
   English 6.4%
  Other2.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6308
Area code 042

Stormsrivier is a settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The village lies just off the N2 road. The majority of the residents live in RDP housing on the outskirts of the village. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Stormsrivier". Census 2011.
  2. "Storms River (Stormsrivier), Eastern Cape". SA Travel Directory. Retrieved 4 January 2014.