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Vredenburg | |
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 A landscape in Vredenburg | |
  Vredenburg  Vredenburg | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′23″S 17°59′45″E / 32.90639°S 17.99583°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | West Coast |
| Municipality | Saldanha Bay |
| Established | 1875 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.75 km2 (5.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 38,382 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 28.7% |
| • Coloured | 55.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 13.8% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 68.7% |
| • Xhosa | 19.3% |
| • English | 5.0% |
| • Sotho | 2.3% |
| • Other | 4.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7380 |
| PO box | 7380 |
| Area code | 022 |
Vredenburg (Afrikaans: ['frɪədənbœrχ]) is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. It is located 12 kilometres inland from the coast at Saldanha Bay on the Cape Columbine Peninsula 138 km north of Cape Town.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Vredenburg". Census 2011.