Port Beaufort | |
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Barry Church, Port Beaufort
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Port Beaufort shown within Western Cape | |
Coordinates: 34°23′45″S 20°49′25″E / 34.39583°S 20.82361°ECoordinates: 34°23′45″S 20°49′25″E / 34.39583°S 20.82361°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Eden |
Municipality | Hessequa |
Area | |
• Total | 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 321 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 9.7% |
• Coloured | 2.2% |
• White | 87.2% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 72.3% |
• English | 26.0% |
• Other | 1.6% |
Port Beaufort is a settlement in Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Seaside resort, formerly also a harbour, on the north bank of the Breede River estuary. The settlement was named after Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, the father of Lord Charles Somerset.