Klipplaat

Klipplaat
Dutch Reformed Church in Klipplaat
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Coordinates: 33°01′05″S 24°20′24″E / 33.018°S 24.340°E / -33.018; 24.340Coordinates: 33°01′05″S 24°20′24″E / 33.018°S 24.340°E / -33.018; 24.340
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Area
• Total	12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,967
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	36.7%
• Coloured	61.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	1.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	67.7%
• Xhosa	27.3%
• English	2.5%
• Other	2.5%
Postal code (street)	6255
PO box	6255
Area code	049

Klipplaat is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen. It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'.