Bredasdorp

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Bredasdorp
Top: View of Bredasdorp, Middle left: Bredasdorp Memorial, right: NG Church, Bottom left: Bredasdorp Museum, right: Canola fields near Bredasdorp
Motto(s):  Lux In Tenebris (Latin: Light in the darkness)
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Coordinates: 34°32′00″S 20°02′30″E / 34.53333°S 20.04167°E / -34.53333; 20.04167
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Cape Agulhas
Established	1838
Government
• Councillors	Johan Nieuwoudt (Ward 4) Karin Donald (Ward 2)
Area [1]
• Total	25.15 km2 (9.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	15,524
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	12.7%
• Coloured	66.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	19.0%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	83.1%
• Xhosa	7.5%
• English	4.3%
• Other	5.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7280
PO box	7280
Area code	028

Bredasdorp is a town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) south-east of Cape Town and 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa.

Tourist attractions of Bredasdorp include the Heuningberg Nature Reserve, many historical churches, and art galleries and craft shops.^[2] Bredasdorp is also home to the Shipwreck Museum which tells the stories of the 150 wrecks along the nearby Agulhas Reef. It is the only museum of its kind in the southern hemisphere.