Kranshoek
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
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Kranshoek is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Kranshoek | |
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  Kranshoek Location within Western Cape  Kranshoek Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 34°05′28″S 23°18′23″E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Municipality | Bitou |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.33 km2 (4.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,597 |
| • Density | 453.9/km2 (1,176/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 9.0% |
| • Coloured | 53.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 0.5% |
| • Other | 36.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 87.9% |
| • Xhosa | 4.1% |
| • English | 3.9% |
| • Tswana | 1.0% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 6605 |
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.[2] Le Fleur also founded the Griqua National Conference in 1904 and the Griqua Independent Church.[3] A local monument, erected in 1942, celebrates the early Griqua pioneers.[4]