Strandfontein, Cape Town

Not to be confused with Strandfontein, West Coast District.

Strandfontein
Strandfontein Strandfontein shown within Western Cape
Location within Cape Town Strandfontein
Coordinates: 34°04′34″S 18°34′23″E / 34.076°S 18.573°E / -34.076; 18.573Coordinates: 34°04′34″S 18°34′23″E / 34.076°S 18.573°E / -34.076; 18.573
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Mitchells Plain
Area^[1]
• Total	8.22 km² (3.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	758
• Density	92/km² (240/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)^[1]
• Black African	7.7%
• Coloured	88.4%
• White	1.6%
• Other	2.4%
First languages (2011)^[1]
• Afrikaans	69.5%
• English	21.9%
• Xhosa	4.7%
• Other	4.0%
Postal code (street)	7798
PO box	7788

Strandfontein is a seaside resort 8 km east of Muizenberg, on the northern shore of False Bay in the City of Cape Town municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

It was laid out in 1962. The name is Afrikaans for ‘beach spring’.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Strandfontein". Census 2011.
↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 419.

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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