Vanwyksdorp | |
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Vanwyksdorp shown within Western Cape | |
Coordinates: 33°43′59″S 21°27′58″E / 33.733°S 21.466°ECoordinates: 33°43′59″S 21°27′58″E / 33.733°S 21.466°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Eden |
Municipality | Kannaland |
Established | 1838 |
Area | |
• Total | 21.25 km2 (8.20 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 833 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 1.9% |
• Coloured | 84.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 13.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• 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.