Jacobsbaai
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
32°58′0″S 17°53′25″E / 32.96667°S 17.89028°E / -32.96667; 17.89028[1]
(2011)[1]
[1]
[1]
Jacobsbaai is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Jacobsbaai was founded as a small town on the farmland registered as 109 Jacobsbaai. The name is said to have come from the Frenchman Jacques Titius. He was a colonial trader in the West Coast. Tietiesbaai is also named after him, and Jacobsbaai has a street called Titius. Another explanation for the name is that the English king entrusted the piece of land to a local known as ‘Jacob', a chief of the Gonneman Hottentots.
- Jacobsbaai advertising effort in 1993
- Advertisement placed in 1995
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Jacobsbaai". Census 2011.
- v
- t
- e
Municipalities and communities of West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: Moorreesburg
![West Coast District within South Africa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Map_of_South_Africa_with_West_Coast_highlighted_%282011%29.svg/150px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_West_Coast_highlighted_%282011%29.svg.png)