Keurboomstrand

Keurboomstrand is a resort town near Plettenberg Bay on the Western Cape of South Africa. It takes its name from the indigenous keurboom tree which grows in the region. The Keurbooms River runs nearby.

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Settlement.name: Keurboomstrand
Settlement.image_skyline: Keurbooms.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Keurbooms rivermouth
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Garden Route
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bitou
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 9.75
Settlement.population_total: 475
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: South Africa
Located in: Bitou Local Municipality
Elevation: 12
Image: Keurboomstrand hoofstraat 01.jpg
Dialing code: 044

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postal code: 7130
Commons category: Keurboomstrand

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==History== The Matjes River Rock Shelter nearby contains artefacts from the San dating back to the Neolithic period 11,000 years ago and is a National Monument. The shell middens at the site is one of the largest in the world being 10 metres high, 15 metres wide and 30 metres long, but have been degraded.

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