Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- Western Cape
- Municipality
- City of Cape Town
- Named after
- Simon van der Stel
- Councillor
- Simon Liell-Cock ( DA )
- Total
- 19.81 km (7.65 sq mi)
- Density
- 331.6/km (858.8/sq mi)
- Black african
- 24.5%
- Coloured
- 12.7%
- Indian asian
- 4.4%
- White
- 56.4%
- Other
- 2.0%
- English
- 68%
- Afrikaans
- 19%
- Xhosa
- 3.5%
- Zulu
- 2.5%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Named after
- Simon van der Stel
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- City of Cape Town
- Area
- 19.81
- Elevation
- 222
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.simonstown.com
- Image
- Simons Town South Afrika Südafrika (34436719644).jpg
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- Commons category
- Simon's Town
- inception
- 1680-01-01
- postal code
- 7995
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base. It is located on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries, it has been a naval base and harbour (first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.
Topography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simon's Town” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.