Little moon
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| Coordinates | 34 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 19 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Overberg | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | ||
| local community | Overstrand | ||
| surface | 7.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 6634 (2011) | ||
| density | 930.4 Ew. / km² | ||
 View over Kleinmond
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Kleinmond (German: "Small Mouth") is a town with 6,634 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the municipality of Overstrand , District Overberg , Western Cape Province in South Africa . The former fishing village is 25 kilometers northwest of Hermanus in the center of the Fynbos Floral Kingdom - a world-wide unique flora and fauna, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Surname
Since the mouth of the nearby Botrivier was blocked for a long time by a sandbank, it flowed through a smaller tributary into the sea.
history
This coastal area has been inhabited for around 20,000 years. Already in 1860 the place was used as a summer vacation spot for the farmers from Caledon , today there are around 20,000 tourists in addition to the permanent residents during the vacation season.
Attractions
- Kogelberg Nature Reserve , the first biosphere reserve in South Africa
- Kleinmond Nature Reserve
- In the vicinity of Kleinmond, near the Botriver lagoon in the Rooisands Nature Reserve , you will find the only herd of wild horses (around 35 animals) in South Africa
- Whale watching between May and December
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 21, 2013
- ↑ Cape Nature. (No longer available online.) In: capenature.co.za. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012 ; Retrieved July 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
