Kranshoek
Kranshoek is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of Griqua trekkers under the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in Kokstad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 5,600 residents
- Description: village in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Kranshoek Griekwa Nedersetting”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome.
Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome is a small airport serving Plettenberg Bay, a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome is situated 3 km east of Kranshoek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plettenberg Bay and Wittedrif.
Plettenberg Bay
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plettenberg Bay is a small coastal resort in South Africa's Western Cape. It's a good stop off point for the Garden Route if you're looking to be closer to the beach than nearby Knysna.
Wittedrif
Village
Wittedrif is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Wittedrif is a semi-rural village 5.5 km from the N2 road and 30km from Knysna. Wittedrif is situated 10 km northeast of Kranshoek.
Kranshoek
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Bitou Local Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.08908° or 34° 5′ 21″ southLongitude
23.29654° or 23° 17′ 48″ eastPopulation
5,600Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)Open location code
4GQ5W76W+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 262720869OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
987390Wikidata ID
Q2322296
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kranshoek” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kranshoek”
- Asturian: “Kranshoek”
- Bulgarian: “Краншоек”
- Cebuano: “Kranshoek”
- Dutch: “Kranshoek”
- Estonian: “Kranshoek”
- Italian: “Kranshoek”
- Pedi: “Kranshoek”
- Turkish: “Kranshoek”
- Ukrainian: “Краншоек”
- Zulu: “IKranshoek”
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