Hondeklip Bay (Afrikaans: Hondeklipbaai, which translates as dog stone bay) is a coastal village in the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It lies about 95 km south west of the district capital Springbok.
This village was originally used as a harbor to export copper ore from the mines around Springbok but was later surpassed by Port Nolloth, which had a safer harbor as well as a railway line.
Today Hondeklip Bay is a popular regional holiday destination and serves the fishing and diamond-mining community. Holiday accommodation ranges from camping at the municipal caravan park to self-catering chalets at the Honnehokke Resort.
Attractions include ship wrecks like the Jahleel and the Aristea which ran aground in 2003 and 1945 respectively. In July 2016, the Jahleel started breaking up and split in two. For tourism information, visit the Hondeklip website.
The mouth of the Spoeg River is located about 18 km SSE down the coast from Hondeklip Bay. There are caves of archaeological interest there.[2]
hondeklip, afrikaans, hondeklipbaai, which, translates, stone, coastal, village, namakwa, district, northern, cape, province, south, africa, lies, about, south, west, district, capital, springbok, hondeklipbaaihondeklipbaaishow, northern, capeshow, south, afri. Hondeklip Bay Afrikaans Hondeklipbaai which translates as dog stone bay is a coastal village in the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa It lies about 95 km south west of the district capital Springbok Hondeklip Bay HondeklipbaaiHondeklipbaaiHondeklip BayShow map of Northern CapeHondeklip BayShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 30 19 S 17 16 E 30 317 S 17 267 E 30 317 17 267CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorthern CapeDistrictNamakwa NamaquaMunicipalityKamiesbergArea 1 Total22 66 km2 8 75 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total543 Density24 km2 62 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African8 3 Coloured80 5 Indian Asian1 5 White8 8 Other0 9 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans96 9 English1 1 Sign language1 1 Other0 9 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST PO box8222Area code027 This village was originally used as a harbor to export copper ore from the mines around Springbok but was later surpassed by Port Nolloth which had a safer harbor as well as a railway line Today Hondeklip Bay is a popular regional holiday destination and serves the fishing and diamond mining community Holiday accommodation ranges from camping at the municipal caravan park to self catering chalets at the Honnehokke Resort Attractions include ship wrecks like the Jahleel and the Aristea which ran aground in 2003 and 1945 respectively In July 2016 the Jahleel started breaking up and split in two For tourism information visit the Hondeklip website The mouth of the Spoeg River is located about 18 km SSE down the coast from Hondeklip Bay There are caves of archaeological interest there 2 Demographics 2001 editSource 3 Area 19 68 square kilometres 7 60 sq mi Population 540 27 44 inhabitants per square kilometre 71 1 sq mi Households 166 8 43 per square kilometre 21 8 sq mi Gender Population Female 259 47 96 Male 281 52 04 Race Population Black 36 6 67 White 36 6 67 Coloured 468 86 67 Asian 0 0 First language Population IsiZulu 0 0 IsiXhosa 21 3 89 Afrikaans 504 93 33 Sepedi 0 0 Setswana 0 0 English 3 0 56 Sesotho 9 1 67 Xitsonga 0 0 SiSwati 0 0 Tshivenda 0 0 IsiNdebele 0 0 Other 3 0 56References edit a b c d Main Place Hondeklip Bay Census 2011 Home hondeklip com http census adrianfrith com place 30302 Census 2001 Main Place Hondeklip Bay nbsp This Northern Cape location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hondeklip Bay amp oldid 1204248675, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
