Klipheuwel
Klipheuwel | |
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| 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 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. It remains today the site of the transmitter for the Cape Talk AM radio station.