Kleinzee

Kleinzee Kleinsee
Kleinzee Kleinzee Kleinzee  Kleinzee shown within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 29°40′40″S 17°04′12″E / 29.67778°S 17.07000°ECoordinates: 29°40′40″S 17°04′12″E / 29.67778°S 17.07000°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Municipality	Nama Khoi
Area[1]
• Total	9.10 km^2 (3.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	728
• Density	80/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	18.1%
• Coloured	61.1%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	17.9%
• Other	1.8%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	89.9%
• English	5.7%
• Xhosa	2.1%
• Other	2.3%
PO box	8282
Area code	027

Kleinzee or Kleinsee is a small Village on the west coast of the Northern Cape province in South Africa,

A village just south of Grootmis, at the mouth of the Buffels River, 72 km south-east of Port Nolloth and 105 km west of Springbok. Known for its diamond-mining operations. Founded after 1927. The name is Afrikaans and means 'small sea', referring to a lagoon at the mouth of the Buffels River.^[2]

The Buffels River "flows" through Kleinsee, but most of the time it is just a dry river bed and this river only flows approximately every ten years.

The Primary School does not exist anymore, is now a Center for learning and Development

Its population size generally consisted of around 2,000 residents, but was considerably reduced by the down-scaling of mining activities in 2009.

References

1. "Main Place Kleinzee". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 251. Retrieved 28 August 2013.