Three Anchor Bay

Three Anchor Bay Drieankerbaai
DRC church in Three Anchor Bay
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Location within Cape Town  Three Anchor Bay
Coordinates: 33°54′30″S 18°23′45″E / 33.90833°S 18.39583°E / -33.90833; 18.39583Coordinates: 33°54′30″S 18°23′45″E / 33.90833°S 18.39583°E / -33.90833; 18.39583
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	0.29 km2 (0.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,225
• Density	7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	14.9%
• Coloured	8.9%
• Indian/Asian	3.5%
• White	67.8%
• Other	5.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
• English	67.9%
• Afrikaans	16.4%
• Xhosa	4.3%
• Zulu	1.0%
• Other	10.4%
Postal code (street)	8005

Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Small anchorage in Table Bay. The name, first encountered in 1661, possibly refers to anchors securing chains stretched as defence across the bay. The form Drieankerbaai is preferred for official purposes.^[2]

References

Communities of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape
Seat: Cape Town
Cape Flats	Athlone Crawford Gugulethu Hanover Park Heideveld Joe Slovo Kenwyn Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Ottery Philippi Rondebosch East Strandfontein Wetton
Helderberg	Faure Gordon's Bay Lwandle Macassar Parel Vallei Sir Lowry's Pass Village Somerset West Strand
Mitchells Plain Khayelitsha	Blue Downs Crossroads Eerste River Khayelitsha Kuils River Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain QQ Section
Northern	Brackenfell Durbanville Fisantekraal Kensington Kraaifontein Panorama Philadelphia Wallacedene
South Peninsula	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Capri Village Claremont Clovelly Constantia Da Gama Park Diep River Fish Hoek Glencairn Grassy Park Harfield Village Heathfield Hout Bay Imizamo Yethu Kalk Bay Kenilworth Kommetjie Llandudno Lotus River Masiphumelele Meadowridge Mowbray Muizenberg Newlands Noordhoek Ocean View Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rosebank Scarborough Simon's Town St James Southern Suburbs Steenberg Tokai Wynberg
Table Bay	Bakoven Bantry Bay Bo-Kaap Camps Bay Cape Town Clifton De Waterkant Devil's Peak Estate District Six Epping Foreshore Fresnaye Gardens Goodwood Green Point Higgovale Langa Maitland Mouille Point Ndabeni Nomzamo Observatory Oranjezicht Pinelands Robben Island Salt River Schotsche Kloof Sea Point Tamboerskloof Thornton Three Anchor Bay University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem
Tygerberg	Belhar Bellville Bishop Lavis Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft (Blikkiesdorp) Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg
Blaauwberg	Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View