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vanwyksdorp, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Vanwyksdorp news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Vanwyksdorp 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 VanwyksdorpVanwyksdorpShow map of Western CapeVanwyksdorpShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 33 43 59 S 21 27 58 E 33 733 S 21 466 E 33 733 21 466 Coordinates 33 43 59 S 21 27 58 E 33 733 S 21 466 E 33 733 21 466CountrySouth AfricaProvinceWestern CapeDistrictGarden RouteMunicipalityKannalandArea 1 Total21 25 km2 8 20 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total833 Density39 km2 100 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African1 9 Coloured84 9 Indian Asian0 2 White13 0 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans90 0 English4 9 Xhosa2 0 Other3 0 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST PO box6690Area code028History EditIt was founded as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church on the farm Buffelsfontein in 1904 and named after the Van Wyk family 2 References Edit a b c d Main Place Vanwyksdorp Census 2011 Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 453 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vanwyksdorp amp oldid 902584242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
