Kidd's Beach

{{Short description|Beach in South Africa}} {{Use South African English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kidd's Beach | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.150|S|27.695|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality|Buffalo City]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/260160 |title = Main Place Kidd's Beach |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2.13 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 499 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 22.2% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 1.2% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 75.4% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 1.2%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info1 = 63.7% | demographics2_title2 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info2 = 19.8% | demographics2_title3 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info3 = 14.2% | demographics2_title4 = [[Sotho language|Sotho]] | demographics2_info4 = 1.4% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 0.8%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 5264 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 5264 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 043 }} '''Kidd's Beach''' is a small [[coastal resort town]] in the [[Eastern Cape]], [[South Africa]] situated on the [[Mkhanzi River]] about 28 kilometres from [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]], South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title=4x4 near Kidd's Beach|url=http://www.nightjartravel.com/4x4/kidds-beach|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121085146/http://www.nightjartravel.com/4x4/kidds-beach|url-status=usurped|archive-date=21 November 2013|publisher=Nightjar Travel|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref> The name "Mkhanzi" is derived from the Xhosa word "umkhanzi", which means "bulrush", or ''[[Typha capensis]]''.<ref>Mini, B.M. & Tshabe, S.L. (eds). 2003. The Greater Dictionary of IsiXhosa. Volume 2. Alice: University of Fort Hare. p. 50.</ref> Kidd's Beach was named after [[Charles Kidd (mayor)|Charles Kidd]], who was the mayor of nearby [[King William's Town]] in the 1860s.<ref>{{cite web|title=R347, Places, Regional Routes, Main Routes |url=http://sa.travel-directory.co/145/routes/main-routes/regional-routes/r347/places |publisher=SA Travel Directory |accessdate=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232413/http://sa.travel-directory.co/145/routes/main-routes/regional-routes/r347/places |archivedate=26 April 2014 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality]] [[Category:Beaches of South Africa]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in the Eastern Cape]]