Rooiels, South Africa
Rooi-Els Rooiels |
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Rooi-Els shown within Western Cape | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Overstrand |
Established | {{#property:P571}} |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 125 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 1.6% |
• White | 92.0% |
• Other | 6.4% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• English | 48.8% |
• Afrikaans | 47.2% |
• Other | 4.0% |
Rooi-Els (Afrikaans equivalent of red alder) is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was declared a township in June 1948, and is situated 5 km north of Pringle Bay, on the eastern shore of False Bay.[2] It was named after the farm and river by this name.[2]
It is situated beside the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and is itself a registered conservancy.[3] The town roads are narrow, un-tarred and without street lights. Klein-Hangklip mountain dominates the village, and is home to a pair of Verreaux's eagles. Other animals that may be noted are chacma baboons, rock hyrax, small antelope, African clawless otters and occasionally caracal and leopard.[3]
References
- Note: Another river by this name is situated near Knysna in the southern Cape. The red alder tree does not currently occur near Rooi-Els.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Rooi-els#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Rooi-els]]. |
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