Kleinmond
Sign in to saveKleinmond is a small coastal town in the Overberg region of the Western Cape province, South Africa. It is situated inside a UNESCO-declared biosphere about 90 km east of Cape Town between Betty's Bay and Hermanus. The town's name, meaning "small mouth" in Afrikaans, refers to its location at the mouth of the Bot River lagoon. Stone axe heads found in the area indicate that people already lived in the vicinity of nearby Hangklip 20,000 years ago. Information about the area has existed in writing since the seventeenth century.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kleinmond is referenced by 121 other articles, and connects out to Cape Town, time zone and Afrikaans.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Populated places in the Overstrand Local Municipality and Use South African English from January 2026.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kleinmond
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top: Kleinmond as seen from the surrounding mountains. Left: welcome sign to Kleinmond. Right: Kleimond Beach at the mouth of the Bot River lagoon.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Overberg
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Overstrand
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_party
- DA
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Grant Cohen
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.13
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Overstrand Local Municipality
- Population
- 6634
- Area
- 7.13
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Kleinmond from mountains.JPG
- Dialing code
- 028
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- postal code
- 7195
- Commons category
- Kleinmond
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Tourism
- Environment
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Kleinmond is a small coastal town in the Overberg region of the Western Cape province, South Africa. It is situated inside a UNESCO-declared biosphere about 90 km east of Cape Town between Betty's Bay and Hermanus. The town's name, meaning "small mouth" in Afrikaans, refers to its location at the mouth of the Bot River lagoon. Stone axe heads found in the area indicate that people already lived in the vicinity of nearby Hangklip 20,000 years ago. Information about the area has existed in writing since the seventeenth century.
== Tourism == Tourism plays a large role in the town's economy due to its popularity with holiday makers from across the Western Cape and Cape Town in particular.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kleinmond” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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