Bakoven

Bakoven
Bakoven Bakoven shown within Western Cape
Location within Cape Town Bakoven
Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 18°22′55″E / 33.963°S 18.382°E / -33.963; 18.382Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 18°22′55″E / 33.963°S 18.382°E / -33.963; 18.382
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area^[1]
• Total	1.35 km² (0.52 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,209
• Density	1,600/km² (4,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	10.6%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Asian	2.2%
• White	82.6%
• Other	1.1%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• English	72.6%
• Afrikaans	14.2%
• Xhosa	1.7%
• Other	11.5%
Postal code (street)	8005

Bakoven is a settlement on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, south of Camps Bay. 'Baking oven', possibly after an off shore rock of that shape; the name is Dutch in origin.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Bakoven". Census 2011.
↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 63. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape

Seat: Cape Town

Cape Flats	Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein

Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand

Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section

Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene

South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg

Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem

Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Blikkiesdorp Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg

Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View

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