Wittewater
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Wittewater | |
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![]() ![]() Wittewater | |
Coordinates: 32°54′55″S 18°42′07″E / 32.915278°S 18.702°ECoordinates: 32°54′55″S 18°42′07″E / 32.915278°S 18.702°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | West Coast |
Municipality | Bergrivier |
Area | |
• Total | 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 848 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 1.9% |
• Coloured | 98.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 97.5% |
• English | 1.7% |
• Other | 0.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 7322 |
Wittewater is a town in Bergrivier Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located off the R399 road, between Piketberg and Velddrif.[2] It was established in the 1857 by German Moravian missionaries.[3]
The name, "white water", refers to the waterfall behind the town occasionally created by abundant winter rain.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Wittewater". Census 2011.
- ^ "Wittewater". SA Places. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ a b Karena Du Plessis; Vanessa Cowling (2006-01-01). West Coast: Landscape, People, Food, Texture. Struik. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-77007-188-9.
Categories:
- Populated places in the Bergrivier Local Municipality
- Populated places established in 1857
- 1857 establishments in the Cape Colony