Klipheuwel

Klipheuwel
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Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E / -33.724; 18.707Coordinates: 33°43′26″S 18°42′25″E / 33.724°S 18.707°E / -33.724; 18.707
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area [1]
• Total	2.19 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,294
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	54.1%
• Coloured	38.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	6.8%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	43.2%
• Xhosa	34.0%
• Sotho	14.2%
• English	6.5%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7550

Klipheuwel is a village of about 2,300 people^[1] situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Durbanville, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the 1920s it was the site of a shortwave transmitter constructed by the Marconi Company as part of the Imperial Wireless Chain.^[2] It remains today the site of the transmitter for the Cape Talk AM radio station.

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