Coldstream, South Africa

Coldstream
Coldstream is located in Eastern Cape
Coldstream
Coldstream
Coldstream is located in South Africa
Coldstream
Coldstream
Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 23°42′54″E / 33.963°S 23.715°E / -33.963; 23.715
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityKou-Kamma
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
1,657
 • Density650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African33.0%
 • Coloured62.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White4.0%
 • Other0.7%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Afrikaans72.4%
 • Xhosa22.7%
 • English2.9%
 • Other2.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6311

Coldstream is a village in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The village lies east of Plettenberg Bay on the Tsitsikamma coast. The area is famous for a burial stone excavated here in 1910, depicting a prehistoric artist holding brush-feather and palette, indicating that rock paintings were being executed in South Africa some 2,000 years ago. Said to be named after a cold stream flowing past.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Coldstream". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 119.
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