Gansbaai
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 35 ′ S , 19 ° 21 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Overberg | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | ||
| local community | Overstrand | ||
| height | 35 m | ||
| Residents | 11,598 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1881 | ||
 Danger Point lighthouse near Gansbaai
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Gansbaai (also Gans Bay , German: "Gänsebucht") is a town in the municipality of Overstrand , District Overberg , Western Cape Province in South Africa . The city is located 170 kilometers southeast of Cape Town at an altitude of 35 meters on the coast of Walker Bay .
history
Gansbaai was founded by fishermen in 1881 and named after the numerous wild geese that occur there. Gansbaai was still a fishing village until the end of the 20th century. By Hai -Tourism the population increased from 1,491 (1970) to 11,598 in (2011). In addition, there are 22,000 tourists during the holiday season.
Worth seeing
- The reason for the rapid growth in population and tourist numbers is the great number of great white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias ) off the coast around the island of Dyer Island . Caged shark diving attracts many visitors.
- Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary (whale watching from August to December)
- Walker Bay Nature Reserve
- Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
- Platbos Contract Nature Reserve - Africa's southernmost forest
- Klipgat Cave
- Already in the Middle Stone Age , 60,000 to 50,000 years ago, this cave was permanently inhabited. The early Homo sapiens left behind the remains of their food, fireplaces and stone tools. Since the sea level was lower then than it is today, the coast was three kilometers away.
Web links
Commons : Gansbaai - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tourism website of the City (English)
- Grootbos Private Nature Reserve (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Falling Rain
- ^ SA history
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ Overstrand waste management ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CapeNature ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
- ↑ Platbos News
