Kraaifontein
Sign in to saveKraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kraaifontein
- Settlement.other_name
- !gaurukamma
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1869-Subdividing farms, 1876- Railway station, 1877-Town development
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 30.82
- Settlement.population_total
- 154615
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Beginnings
- Today
- Geography
- Suburban Areas
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Coat of arms
- Notable residents
- References
Kraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.
The name originated from the large number of crows (Kraai in Afrikaans) that nest in the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kraaifontein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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