Wittewater

Wittewater
Village
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Coordinates: 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 km^2 (0.19 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	848
• Density	1,800/km^2 (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%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7322

Wittewater (Afrikaans: Wittewater, lit. 'white water') 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 town name, 'white water', references the waterfall that emerges behind it during winter rain.[3]

References

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