Klipheuwel

Klipheuwel
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Location within Cape Town  Klipheuwel
Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E / -33.724; 18.707Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E / -33.724; 18.707
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,294
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	54.1%
• Coloured	38.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	6.8%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	43.2%
• Xhosa	34.0%
• Sotho	14.2%
• English	6.5%
• Other	2.1%
PO box	7303

Klipheuwel is a village of about 2,300 people^[1] situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Durbanville, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 1920s it was the site of a shortwave transmitter constructed by the Marconi Company as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain.^[2] It remains today the site of the transmitter for the Cape Talk AM radio station.

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
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Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Lwandle Macassar Parel Vallei Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand
Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section
Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene
South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg
Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft (Blikkiesdorp) Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View