Villiersdorp

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Villiersdorp is a small town loacted in the Western Cape province of South Africa in the Overberg region; population 15,678. However, unlike most of the geographical region which specialises in wheat and canola farming, the Villiersdorp Valley is agriculturally and micro-climatatically more similar to the Elgin Valley and Grabouw, and thus also specialises in deciduous fruit farming and viticulture. The Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape and important water supply to Cape Town fills the majority of the valley floor. The town is named after Pieter de Villiers, a local farmer who founded the settlement in 1843.