Wittewater

Wittewater
Wittewater

 Wittewater shown within Western Cape

Coordinates: 32°54′55″S 18°42′07″E / 32.915278°S 18.702°E / -32.915278; 18.702Coordinates: 32°54′55″S 18°42′07″E / 32.915278°S 18.702°E / -32.915278; 18.702
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District West Coast
Municipality Bergrivier
Area[1]
 • Total 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 848
 • Density 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 1.9%
 • Coloured 98.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 97.5%
 • English 1.7%
 • Other 0.8%
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Wittewater". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wittewater". SA Places. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 Karena Du Plessis; Vanessa Cowling (2006-01-01). West Coast: Landscape, People, Food, Texture. Struik. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-77007-188-9.
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