Kuils River

Kuils River
Dutch Reformed Church, Kuilsrivier
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Location within Cape Town  Kuils River
Coordinates: 34°02′00″S 18°42′00″E / 34.03333°S 18.70000°E / -34.03333; 18.70000Coordinates: 34°02′00″S 18°42′00″E / 34.03333°S 18.70000°E / -34.03333; 18.70000
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	39.86 km2 (15.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	46,686
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	11.4%
• Coloured	53.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	32.6%
• Other	1.9%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	60.2%
• English	33.2%
• Xhosa	3.2%
• Other	3.4%
Postal code (street)	7580
PO box	7579

Kuils River (Afrikaans: Kuilsrivier) is a town in the Western Cape province, South Africa 25 km east of Cape Town.

Originally named De BOSS, Kuils River was a post of the Dutch East India Company. It developed into a village during the 18th century and attained municipal status in 1950. The town takes its name from the nearby river, in which there are many pools, or kuile.^[2]

Kuils River is a level two administrative region, and is close to Cape Town's wine routes.^[3] It is located near the intersection of the M12 and the R102.^[4]

Kuils River is home to the Alta du Toit School for mentally handicapped children.^[5] and is the birthplace of Herman Charles Bosman (3 February 1905); journalist, poet and author. He is regarded as one of South Africa's greatest writers (in English).^[6]

Coat of arms

Kuils River was a municipality from 1950 to 1996. The town council assumed a coat of arms, designed by Ivan Mitford-Barberton, in 1955 and registered it with the Cape Provincial Administration in January 1956.^[7]

The shield was divided into three horizontal sections: (1) a running buck on a silver background, (2) a golden yoke on a red background, and (3) four silver and blue stripes with wavy edges. The crest was a bull's head, and the motto Via trita via tuta.

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
Cape Flats	Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein Wetton
Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Lwandle Macassar Parel Vallei Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand
Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section
Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene
South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg
Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft (Blikkiesdorp) Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View