{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Boknesstrand | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33|43|S|26|34|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Ndlambe Local Municipality|Ndlambe]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/265013 |title = Main Place Boknesstrand |work=Census 2011}} </ref> | area_total_km2 = 1.57 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 318 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 2.5% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 1.9% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.3% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 92.1% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 3.1% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 74.1% | demographics2_title2 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info2 = 24.0% | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 1.9% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6189 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 046 }} '''Boknesstrand''' (or '''Boknes''') is a small [[seaside town]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] of South Africa. It is close to [[Cannon Rocks]], [[Kenton-on-Sea]], [[Alexandria, Eastern Cape|Alexandria]], [[Bushman's River Mouth]] and [[Port Alfred, Eastern Cape|Port Alfred]]. It is part of the [[Ndlambe Local Municipality]] in the [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman District]] of the Eastern Cape.
Village 19 km south-east of Alexandria, at the mouth of the Boknes River, from which it takes its name. Formerly called Jammerfontein. The name Boknes is derived from [[Khoekhoen]] and means 'father's river'. The forms Bocna, Bokana etc. are also encountered.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=87}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20210301133406/http://boknesstrand.co.za/]
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[[Category:Populated places in the Ndlambe Local Municipality]] [[Category:Populated coastal places in South Africa]]