Infanta, South Africa

Place in Western Cape, South Africa
34°25′S 20°51′E / 34.417°S 20.850°E / -34.417; 20.850CountrySouth AfricaProvinceWestern CapeDistrictOverbergMunicipalitySwellendamArea • Total20.45 km2 (7.90 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total90 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African8.9% • Coloured21.1% • White70.0%First languages (2011) • Afrikaans50.0% • English46.7% • S. Ndebele1.1% • Sotho1.1% • Other1.1%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Infanta is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Seaside resort at the estuary of the Breede River, at St Sebastian Bay, some 80 km south-east of Swellendam. Takes its name from Cape Infanta several kilometres to the south, and from its situation on the Breede River.[2] The cape was in turn named after captain João Infante, who commanded one of Bartolomeu Dias's caravels.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Infanta". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter Edmund (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. p. 223. (public domain)