Kommetjie
Sign in to saveKommetjie (Afrikaans for "small basin," approximately pronounced caw-me-key) is a small town near Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about halfway down the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, at the southern end of the long wide beach that runs northwards towards Chapman's Peak and Noordhoek. The community of Ocean View is located to its immediate south east.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kommetjie is referenced by 635 other articles, and connects out to Woodhead Dam, City of Cape Town and Cape Town.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Suburbs of Cape Town, Surfing locations in South Africa and Use South African English from July 2024.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kommetjie
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kommetjie viewed from Hout Bay
- Settlement.image_map
- Kommetjie OSM map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Street map of Kommetjie
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South 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_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Cape Town
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- Main Place
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Kommetjie
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.56
- Settlement.population_total
- 2435
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- City of Cape Town
- Elevation
- 1
- Image
- Slangkop lighthouse, Kommetjie.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kommetjie
- inception
- 1903-01-01
- postal code
- 7976
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Sport and recreation
- Local Business
- Fauna and Flora
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Kommetjie (Afrikaans for "small basin," approximately pronounced caw-me-key) is a small town near Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about halfway down the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, at the southern end of the long wide beach that runs northwards towards Chapman's Peak and Noordhoek. The community of Ocean View is located to its immediate south east.
It was founded in 1902 when a consortium of businessmen developed the area as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The town was modernised in the 1960s when electricity and municipal running water was installed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kommetjie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations