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Betty's Bay

Small resort town in the Overberg district in Western Cape, South Africa

Field	Value
name	Betty's Bay
native_name	Bettysbaai
image_skyline	Betty's Bay.jpg
image_caption	Betty's Bay
pushpin_map	South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Africa
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Western Cape
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Overberg
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Overstrand
subdivision_type4	Main Place
established_title	Established
leader_title	Councillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	20.99
population_footnotes
population_total	1381
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Black African
demographics1_info1	3.7%
demographics1_title2	Coloured
demographics1_info2	21.1%
demographics1_title3	Indian/Asian
demographics1_info3	0.3%
demographics1_title4	White
demographics1_info4	72.6%
demographics1_title5	Other
demographics1_info5	2.3%
demographics_type2	First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1	Afrikaans
demographics2_info1	60.5%
demographics2_title2	English
demographics2_info2	36.5%
demographics2_title5	Other
demographics2_info5	3.0%
timezone1	SAST
utc_offset1	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code (street)
postal2_code_type	PO box
postal2_code	7141
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	028

Betty's Bay is a small holiday town situated on the Overberg coast of South Africa's Western Cape province. It is located 100 km from Cape Town beneath the Kogelberg Mountains on the scenic R44 ocean drive between Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. This village stretches over 13 km along the coast. Tourism plays a large role in the town's economy due to its popularity with holiday makers from across the Western Cape and Cape Town in particular.

During colonial times Betty's Bay was allegedly a favourite place for runaway slaves, and in 1912 Betty's Bay became a formal whaling station running up until the 1930s. Remains of the whaling station can still be seen at Stony Point.

Bettys Bay is named after Betty Youlden, daughter of the first developer of the area Arthur Youlden.

Betty's Bay contains the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden as well as an African penguin colony in the Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area, which is one of the two Penguin colonies in the area of the Western Cape. The colony is situated in the Kogelberg and Stony Point Nature Reserve. When the former whaling station was closed, the endemic and endangered Southern African penguins started breeding here.

Geography

Due to the town's location on the south-western coast and surrounding mountainous geography it receives near constant wind and ample rain throughout the year, With south-easterly winds bringing the occasional thunderstorm from the warmer eastern coast in summer, while winter brings persistent North-westerly to occasional Southerly frontal rain, sometimes hail, which can be very heavy at times.

Betty's Bay has a warm Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) with relatively strong marine west coast oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) influence for the region, which sees pleasant warm temperatures in summer, and mild to cool temperatures in winter with the threat of rain throughout the year.

https://en.climate-data.org/africa/south-africa/western-cape/betty-s-bay-9162/

References

"Main Place Betty's Bay". Census 2011.
"History of Betty's Bay". xplorio.
"Betty's Bay". Overberg Living.
(31 August 2016). "The African Penguins at Betty's Bay".

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