Vanwyksdorp

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Vanwyksdorp
Vanwyksdorp
 Vanwyksdorp shown within South Africa
Coordinates: 33°43′59″S 21°27′58″E / 33.733°S 21.466°E / -33.733; 21.466Coordinates: 33°43′59″S 21°27′58″E / 33.733°S 21.466°E / -33.733; 21.466
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District Eden
Municipality Kannaland
Area[1]
  Total 21.25 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 833
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 1.9%
  Coloured 84.9%
  Indian/Asian 0.2%
  White 13.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 90.0%
  English 4.9%
  Xhosa 2.0%
  Other 3.0%
PO box 6690
Area code 028

Van Wyksdorp is a town in Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Village on the Groot River, some 55 km south-east of Ladismith and 66 km north-east of Riversdale. It was founded as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church on the farm Buffelsfontein in 1904 and named after the Van Wyk family.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Vanwyksdorp". Census 2011. 
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 453. 
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