Klipheuwel

Klipheuwel
Klipheuwel
	Klipheuwel Klipheuwel
	Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area
• Total	2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,294
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	54.1%
• Coloured	38.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	6.8%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	43.2%
• Xhosa	34.0%
• Sotho	14.2%
• English	6.5%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7550

Klipheuwel is a village of about 2,300 people^[1] situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Durbanville, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 1920s it was the site of a shortwave transmitter constructed by the Marconi Company as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain.^[2] It remains today the site of the transmitter for the Cape Talk AM radio station.

Roads[edit]

Klipheuwel is located between the R302 and R304 regional routes. The R302 (Malmesbury Road) connects to Durbanville in the south-west and Malmesbury in the north, whilst the R304 (Philadelphia Road) connects to Philadelphia and Atlantis in the north-west and Stellenbosch in the south-east. The R304 also provides Klipheuwel access to the N1 (to the south) and N7 freeways (to the west).

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Main Place Klipheuwel". Census 2011.
^ Beam Wireless - The Original Stations Shortwave Central, published 2010-11-30, accessed 2011,03-06

[census2011-1] "Main Place Klipheuwel". Census 2011.

[2] Beam Wireless - The Original Stations Shortwave Central, published 2010-11-30, accessed 2011,03-06

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