Kuils River

Kuils River
Dutch Reformed Church, Kuilsrivier
Kuils River  Kuils River shown within South Africa
Location within Cape Town  Kuils River
Coordinates: 34°02′00″S 18°42′00″E / 34.03333°S 18.70000°E / -34.03333; 18.70000Coordinates: 34°02′00″S 18°42′00″E / 34.03333°S 18.70000°E / -34.03333; 18.70000
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	39.86 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	46,686
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	11.4%
• Coloured	53.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	32.6%
• Other	1.9%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	60.2%
• English	33.2%
• Xhosa	3.2%
• Other	3.4%
Postal code (street)	7580
PO box	7579

Kuils River (Afrikaans: Kuilsrivier) is a town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.

Town 25 km east of Cape Town. Originally De Cuylen, it was a post of the Dutch East India Company. It developed into a village during the 18th century and attained municipal status in 1950. Takes its name from the river, in which there are many pools, Afrikaans kuil.^[2]

It is a level 2 administrative region, and is close to Cape Town's wine routes.^[3] It is located near the intersection of the M12 and the R102.^[4]

Kuils River is home to the Alta du Toit School for mentally handicapped children.^[5]

It is the birthplace of Herman Charles Bosman (3 February 1905); journalist, poet and author. He is regarded as one of South Africa's greatest writers (in English).^[6]

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape Seat: Cape Town Cape Flats Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein Helderberg Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section Northern Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene South Peninsula Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg Table Bay Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem Tygerberg Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Blikkiesdorp Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg Blaauwberg Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View