Saldanha, South Africa
Place in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town. For other uses, see Saldanha.
Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 21,636 people, located 110 kilometres (70 mi) north of Cape Town on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its situation as a natural sheltered harbour has led to development as a port for the export of iron ore from Sishen in the Northern Cape, which is transported on the Sishen–Saldanha railway line. The port is one of the largest exporting ports of ore in the whole of Africa, and it is able to handle ships as large as 200 000 tons deadweight.[2] Saldanha Bay is named after António de Saldanha, captain of a vessel in Albuquerque's fleet which visited South Africa in 1503.
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Saldanha | |
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Coordinates: 32°59′52″S 17°56′44″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | West Coast |
Municipality | Saldanha Bay |
Area | |
• Total | 17.36 km2 (6.70 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 28,142 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 29.9% |
• Coloured | 65% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.4% |
• White | 13.5% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 70.3% |
• Xhosa | 19.6% |
• English | 7.0% |
• Other | 3.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 7395 |
PO box | 7395 |
Area code | 022 |
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