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Vredenburg

FieldValue
nameVredenburg
image_skylineVredenburg.jpg
image_captionA landscape in Vredenburg
pushpin_mapSouth Africa Western Cape#South Africa
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSouth Africa
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Western Cape
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2West Coast
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Saldanha Bay
subdivision_type4Main Place
established_titleEstablished
leader_titleCouncillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km213.75
population_footnotes
population_total38382
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->demographics_type1Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Black African
demographics1_info128.7%
demographics1_title2Coloured
demographics1_info255.7%
demographics1_title3Indian/Asian
demographics1_info30.6%
demographics1_title4White
demographics1_info413.8%
demographics1_title5Other
demographics1_info51.1%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->demographics_type2First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1Afrikaans
demographics2_info168.7%
demographics2_title2Xhosa
demographics2_info219.3%
demographics2_title3English
demographics2_info35.0%
demographics2_title4Sotho
demographics2_info42.3%
demographics2_title5Other
demographics2_info54.8%
<!-- Other information -->timezone1SAST
utc_offset1+2
postal_code_typePostal code (street)
postal_code7380
postal2_code_typePO box
postal2_code7380
area_code_typeArea code
area_code022
established_date1875

Vredenburg (; ) is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. It is located 12 kilometres inland from the coast at Saldanha Bay on the Cape Columbine Peninsula 138 km north of Cape Town.

History

The town was established in 1875 initially as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation to serve the surrounding communities, as the closest church was in Hopefield. The town's original name was "Twisfontein", which from Afrikaans can be translated as "dispute fountain". This name came about when two competing farmers fought over the only available freshwater spring in the area. The town's name was later changed to "Prosesfontein". The town was renamed as they were discussing the matter of the freshwater spring and were trying to come to an agreement. When this agreement was settled and they have achieved a sense of peace among one another, the name "Vredenburg" was chosen. The town's population in 2011 was 38,382. The city should not be confused with the ancient Vredenburg in the Limpopo Province.

Famous people

  • Christiaan Bakkes
  • Stedman Gans
  • Lizaad Williams

References

References

  1. "Main Place Vredenburg". Census 2011.
  2. (15 October 2021). "Vredenburg shuts down over land woes - YouTube".
  3. "Vredenburg, West Coast {{!}} South African History Online".
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