Karatara
Karatara | |
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![]() Hiking trail near Karatara. | |
Coordinates: 33°54′00″S 22°48′58″E / 33.9°S 22.816°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Garden Route |
Municipality | Knysna |
Area | |
• Total | 5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 880 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 2.8% |
• Coloured | 56.5% |
• White | 40.1% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 95.1% |
• English | 2.5% |
• Other | 2.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 6580 |
PO box | 6580 |
Area code | 044 |
Karatara is a town in Knysna Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Settlement and forestry station on the Karatara River which flows southwards into Swartvlei. It is situated 5 km west of Barrington and some 40 km northwest of Knysna. It was founded in 1941. The name is of Khoekhoen origin and probably means 'horse hill', after a hillock to the north. Previously the Karatara River was known as the Tsao or Witterivier.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place Karatara". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 241. Retrieved 28 August 2013.