{{Infobox settlement | name = Puntjie | image_skyline = Puntjie 'Kapstylhuisies'.jpg | image_caption = View of Puntjie | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|34|21|54|S|21|00|22|E}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Garden Route District Municipality|Garden Route]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Hessequa Local Municipality|Hessequa]] | population_total = 356 }} '''Puntjie''' (literally meaning "''Little Point''") is a small town in the [[Western Cape]] of [[South Africa]]. The town lies at the St. Sebastiaan Bay and on the eastern shore of the [[Duiwenhoks River|Duivenhoks Rivier's]] mouth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=The SA-Venues com |date=2015-05-06 |title=Puntjie – A Hideaway Lost In Time |url=https://blog.sa-venues.com/provinces/western-cape/puntjie-a-hideaway-lost-in-time/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=South Africa Travel |language=en-US}}</ref>
This holiday village is known for its hut style houses. It can be reached by a dirt road from [[Riversdale, South Africa|Riversdale]]. However, this resort is privately owned. The town lies about 6 km south of [[Vermaaklikheid]] and about 15 km east of [[Witsand]].
In the [[2011 South African census]] the population of the town and surrounding areas was 356 people living in 99 households.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Firth |first=Adrian |date=2011 |title=Small Area 0031 |url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/1750031 |access-date=2024-06-26}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* Lantern, vintage 11, no. 1, July 1961.
==References== [[Category:Populated places in the Western Cape]] <references />{{Garden Route District Municipality}}