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Template:Infobox South African town Klipplaat is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen.[1] It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'.[2]

References

  1. ^ Travel distances from Klipplaat
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 251.