Infanta, South Africa

Infanta
The village of Infanta
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Coordinates: 34°25′S 20°51′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Swellendam
Area [1]
• Total	20.45 km^2 (7.90 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	90
• Density	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	8.9%
• Coloured	21.1%
• White	70.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	50.0%
• English	46.7%
• S. Ndebele	1.1%
• Sotho	1.1%
• Other	1.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Infanta is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Seaside resort at the estuary of the Breede River, at St Sebastian Bay, some 80 km south-east of Swellendam. Takes its name from Cape Infanta several kilometres to the south, and from its situation on the Breede River.^[2] The cape was in turn named after captain João Infante, who commanded one of Bartolomeu Dias's caravels.

References

1. "Main Place Infanta". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter Edmund (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. p. 223. (public domain)