Strandfontein, Cape Town

Strandfontein
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Location within Cape Town  Strandfontein
Coordinates: 34°04′34″S 18°34′23″E / 34.076°S 18.573°E / -34.076; 18.573Coordinates: 34°04′34″S 18°34′23″E / 34.076°S 18.573°E / -34.076; 18.573
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Mitchells Plain
Area
• Total	8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	758
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	7.7%
• Coloured	88.4%
• White	1.6%
• Other	2.4%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	69.5%
• English	21.9%
• Xhosa	4.7%
• Other	4.0%
Postal code (street)	7798
PO box	7788

Strandfontein is a seaside resort 8 km east of Muizenberg, on the northern shore of False Bay in the City of Cape Town municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

It was laid out in 1962. The name is Afrikaans for ‘beach spring’.