Coldstream, Eastern Cape

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Coldstream
Coldstream
 Coldstream shown within South Africa
Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 23°42′54″E / 33.963°S 23.715°E / -33.963; 23.715Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 23°42′54″E / 33.963°S 23.715°E / -33.963; 23.715
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Cacadu
Municipality Kou-Kamma
Area[1]
  Total 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,657
  Density 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 33.0%
  Coloured 62.1%
  Indian/Asian 0.1%
  White 4.0%
  Other 0.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 72.4%
  Xhosa 22.7%
  English 2.9%
  Other 2.0%
PO box 6311

Coldstream is a town in Cacadu District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Village east of Plettenberg Bay on the Tsitsikamma coast. Famous for a burial stone excavated nearby in 1910, depicting a prehistoric artist holding brush-feather and palette, indicating that rock paintings were being executed in South Africa some 2,000 years ago. Said to be named after a cold stream flowing past.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Coldstream". Census 2011. 
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 119. 
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