Riebeek West
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 21 ′ S , 18 ° 52 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | West coast | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | ||
| local community | Swartland | ||
| height | 179 m | ||
| Residents | 4350 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1858 | ||
| Website | www.riebeekvalley.info (English) | ||
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Riebeek West ( Afrikaans : Riebeek-Wes ) is a small town in the Swartland municipality , West Coast District , Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 it had 4,350 inhabitants. It is located on the R311 road, 80 kilometers north of Cape Town , at 179 meters above sea level. Neighboring cities are Moorreesburg, 33 kilometers away, and Malmesbury, 17 kilometers away .
The city is named after Jan van Riebeeck . A well-known citizen of the city was General Jan Christiaan Smuts .
Economically, the city lives from agriculture, for example from the Allesverloren Estate and the Zonquasdrift farm .
history
In 1858 the Groenrivier and Allesverloren farms financed the construction of a church and the development of the present-day town on the grounds of the Groenrivier farm .
Web links
- Riebeek Valley official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 23, 2013
- ↑ Falling Rain