Villiersdorp | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -33.9908°N 19.2894°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Overberg |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Theewaterskloof |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1841[1] |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.89 |
Population Total: | 10004 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 40.3% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 44.7% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 12.5% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 2.3% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 56.5% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info2: | 24.6% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Sotho |
Demographics2 Info3: | 12.8% |
Demographics2 Title4: | English |
Demographics2 Info4: | 3.4% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.7% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 6848 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 6848 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 028 |
Villiersdorp is a town of approximately 10,000 people located in the Western Cape province of South Africa in the Overberg region.
Unlike most of the geographical region which specialises in wheat and canola farming, the Villiersdorp Valley is now agriculturally and in micro-climate more similar to the Elgin Valley and Grabouw since the building of the Theewaterskloof Dam, and thus also specialises in deciduous fruit farming and viticulture. The Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape and seventh largest in South Africa and important water supply to Cape Town fills the majority of the valley floor. The Villiersdorp Co-Op is also the only place in South Africa that processes and dries persimmons. The three big packsheds in Villiersdorp, Betko, Arbeidsvreugd and Ideafruit, as well as the Villiersdorp Co-Op process the fruit grown in the area for export and transport to other parts of South Africa. The town is named after Field Cornet Pieter de Villiers, a local farmer who founded the settlement in 1843.There is a lot more packsheds that developed over the years like Fruitways, Provider farming, Vilbo Fruit, Fruit Affair, Kaaimansgat boerdery, Bo Radyn Boerdery, that are not mentioned.