Bakoven
Bakoven  Bakoven shown within Western Cape
Location within Cape Town  Bakoven
Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 18°22′55″E / 33.963°S 18.382°E / -33.963; 18.382Coordinates: 33°57′47″S 18°22′55″E / 33.963°S 18.382°E / -33.963; 18.382
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Area[1]
• Total	1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,209
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	10.6%
• Coloured	3.4%
• Indian/Asian	2.2%
• White	82.6%
• Other	1.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
• English	72.6%
• Afrikaans	14.2%
• Xhosa	1.7%
• Other	11.5%
Postal code (street)	8005

Bakoven is a settlement on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, south of Camps Bay. 'Baking oven', possibly after an off shore rock of that shape; the name is Dutch in origin.^[2]

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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 Helderberg Faure Gordon's Bay Macassar 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 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 Blikkiesdorp Bonteheuwel Bothasig Delft Edgemead Elsie's River Monte Vista Norwood Parow Tygerberg Blaauwberg Atlantis Bloubergstrand Century City Dunoon Joe Slovo Park Mamre Melkbosstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View