Kidd's Beach

Beach in South Africa

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

33°09′00″S 27°41′42″E / 33.150°S 27.695°E / -33.150; 27.695CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeMunicipalityBuffalo CityArea

^[1]

• Total2.13 km² (0.82 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total499 • Density230/km² (610/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

^[1]

• Black African22.2% • Coloured1.2% • White75.4% • Other1.2%First languages (2011)

^[1]

• English63.7% • Xhosa19.8% • Afrikaans14.2% • Sotho1.4% • Other0.8%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

5264

PO box

5264

Area code043

Kidd's Beach is a small coastal resort town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa situated on the Mkhanzi River about 28 kilometres from East London, South Africa.^[2] The name "Mkhanzi" is derived from the Xhosa word "umkhanzi", which means "bulrush", or Typha capensis.^[3] Kidd's Beach was named after Charles Kidd, who was the mayor of nearby King William's Town in the 1860s.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Kidd's Beach". Census 2011.
^ "4x4 near Kidd's Beach". Nightjar Travel. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ Mini, B.M. & Tshabe, S.L. (eds). 2003. The Greater Dictionary of IsiXhosa. Volume 2. Alice: University of Fort Hare. p. 50.
^ "R347, Places, Regional Routes, Main Routes". SA Travel Directory. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2013.