South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Melkbos

Melkbos is a beautiful seaside town of 12,000 people on the north-western fringe of the Metropolis. It is well known for its tranquility, wide white beach, water-sports and west-coast hospitality.
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  • Type: Town with 11,600 residents
  • Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Melkboschstrand” and “Melkbosstrand”

Melkbos

Latitude
-33.7177° or 33° 43′ 4″ south
Longitude
18.4489° or 18° 26′ 56″ east
Population
11,600
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA MKD
Open location code
4FRW7CJX+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 899221111
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3364208
Wiki­data ID
Q3642280
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Melkbos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Chinese: “梅爾克博斯特蘭”
  • Dutch: “Melkbosstrand”
  • French: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Japanese: “メルクボスストラント”
  • Pedi: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Romanian: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Swedish: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Turkish: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Xhosa: “Melkbosstrand”
  • Zulu: “Melkbosstrand”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Melkbos”. Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 3.0.