Boesmansriviermond

Boesmansriviermond
Boesmansriviermond
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Coordinates: 33°42′00″S 26°39′58″E / 33.7°S 26.666°E / -33.7; 26.666Coordinates: 33°42′00″S 26°39′58″E / 33.7°S 26.666°E / -33.7; 26.666
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Ndlambe
Area
• Total	15.82 km2 (6.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	6,147
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	77.5%
• Coloured	13.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	8.3%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	74.1%
• Afrikaans	16.9%
• English	6.6%
• Other	2.3%
Postal code (street)	6190
PO box	6190

Boesmansriviermond (Bushman's River Mouth) is a town in Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The village is 25 km from Port Alfred, on the west bank of the Bushman's River, just across the river from Kenton-on-Sea.

A well-known holiday resort, it is the site of many shipwrecks, the best-known of them being the Volo, a Norwegian barque wrecked near the river mouth in 1896.

It was established in 1897 by farmers from nearby towns (Paterson, Cookhouse, Somerset East and Cradock) when they were granted permission to camp along the banks of the Bushmans River during the Christmas holiday season. Land leases during the early 1900s led to private land ownership, and modern development, though electricity and running water only became available in the 1980s,

The Dias Cross Memorial at nearby Kwaaihoek is a provincial heritage site erected to mark the location of the padrão, or stone pillar, planted by Portuguese sailors led by Bartolomeu Dias.