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