The town is named after a farmer called Van Wyk, and the Afrikaans suffix vlei, meaning 'pond', 'marsh'. However, it is one of the driest places in South Africa, and the surrounding region is named the Dorsland (Afrikaans for Thirstland).[2]
vanwyksvlei, vlei, afrikaans, marsh, small, town, northern, cape, south, africa, road, show, northern, capeshow, south, africacoordinates, 817countrysouth, africaprovincenorthern, capedistrictpixley, sememunicipalitykareebergarea, total2, population, 2011, tot. Vanwyksvlei or Van Wyk s Vlei Afrikaans for Van Wyk s Marsh is a small town in the Northern Cape South Africa VanwyksvleiA road in VanwyksvleiVanwyksvleiShow map of Northern CapeVanwyksvleiShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 30 21 S 21 49 E 30 350 S 21 817 E 30 350 21 817CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorthern CapeDistrictPixley ka SemeMunicipalityKareebergArea 1 Total2 66 km2 1 03 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total1 721 Density650 km2 1 700 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African2 3 Coloured92 5 Indian Asian0 9 White4 0 Other0 3 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans97 7 Other2 3 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 8922PO box8922Name editThe town is named after a farmer called Van Wyk and the Afrikaans suffix vlei meaning pond marsh However it is one of the driest places in South Africa and the surrounding region is named the Dorsland Afrikaans for Thirstland 2 History editVanwyksvlei was founded in 1881 2 It later saw action in the Second Boer War where two Victoria Crosses were awarded Harry Hampton and Henry Knight were awarded the medal for gallant acts Vanwyksvlei Dam editThe Vanwyksvlei Dam was the first 1882 state funded dam built in South Africa 3 References edit a b c d Main Place Vanwyksvlei Census 2011 a b Routes Travel Info Portal Van Wyksvlei Archived from the original on 10 May 2008 Getting around Van Wyksvlei Archived from the original on 29 July 2014 See also editVanwyksvlei Dam nbsp This Northern Cape location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vanwyksvlei amp oldid 1195403485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
