Camps Bay
Camps Bay
Kampsbaai | |
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Suburb of Cape Town | |
From top, a view of Camps Bay from Lion's Head. Camps Bay as seen from Table Mountain. | |
Interactive map of Camps Bay | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′00″S 18°23′00″E / 33.95000°S 18.38333°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Atlantic Seaboard |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Main Place | Cape Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,773 |
| • Density | 1,650/km2 (4,280/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 13.5% |
| • Coloured | 5.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.7% |
| • White | 78.3% |
| • Other | 1.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 79.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.4% |
| • Xhosa | 2.1% |
| • Other | 9.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8005 |
| PO box | 8040 |
| Area code | 021 |
Camps Bay (Afrikaans: Kampsbaai) is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and the small bay on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula after which it is named. It is one of 10 suburbs that form the city's Atlantic Seaboard. In summer, Camps Bay attracts many locals, and foreign visitors.