Coldstream, South Africa Explained

Coldstream
Pushpin Map:South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
Coordinates:-33.963°N 23.715°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Cape
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sarah Baartman
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kou-Kamma
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.53
Population Total:1657
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:33.0%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:62.1%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:0.1%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:4.0%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.7%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:72.4%
Demographics2 Title2:Xhosa
Demographics2 Info2:22.7%
Demographics2 Title3:English
Demographics2 Info3:2.9%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:2.0%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:6311
Area Code Type:Area code

Coldstream is a village in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The village lies east of Plettenberg Bay on the Tsitsikamma coast. The area is famous for a burial stone excavated here 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Coldstream . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 119.