Rooiels, South Africa

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Rooiels Rooiels
Coordinates: 34°18′05″S 18°48′59″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Overstrand
Area
• Total	1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	125
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	1.6%
• White	92.0%
• Other	6.4%
First languages (2011)
• English	48.8%
• Afrikaans	47.2%
• Other	4.0%
Time zone	UTC 2 (SAST)

Rooiels (also spelled Rooi-Els or Rooi Els) is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was declared a township in June 1948, and is situated 5 km north of Pringle Bay, on the eastern shore of False Bay. It was named after the farm and river of the same name, which were named after the red alder tree known as rooiels in Afrikaans.

It is situated beside the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and is itself a registered conservancy. The town roads are narrow, un-tarred and without street lights. Klein-Hangklip mountain dominates the village, and is home to a pair of Verreaux's eagles. Other animals that may be noted are chacma baboons, rock hyrax, small antelope, African clawless otters and occasionally caracal and leopard.

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  Klein-Hangklip on the eastern edge of False Bay as seen from Rooi-Els
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  A whirlpool between the large rocks characteristic for the coast line
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  Surf causing high breaking waves at the coastal rocks

References

• Note: Another river by this name is situated near Knysna in the southern Cape. The red alder tree does not currently occur near Rooi-Els.