Moorreesburg

Moorreesburg
From top, welcome signs to Moorreesburg. Middle left, Dutch Reformed Church in Moorreesburg. Middle right, the Moorreesburg Town hall. Carnegie library in Moorreesburg (bottom left). Moorreesburg Wheat Museum & Old Mission Church building (bottom right).
Moorreesburg is located in Western Cape
Moorreesburg
Moorreesburg
Moorreesburg is located in South Africa
Moorreesburg
Moorreesburg
Coordinates: 33°09′S 18°40′E / 33.150°S 18.667°E / -33.150; 18.667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictWest Coast
MunicipalitySwartland
Established1882[1]
Area
 • Total27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total7,760
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African9.6%
 • Coloured52.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White37.3%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans88.3%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • English3.4%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7310
PO box
7310
Area code022
Grain silos next to the Moorreesburg railway station. The town is a major logistical center for the region's grain industry.

Moorreesburg is a rural town situated about 90 kilometres (60 mi) north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was laid out in 1879 on the farm Hooikraal, was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1909. Today it falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. The town is the seat of government for the West Coast District Municipality.

Moorreesburg lies just off the N7 national road, at a driving distance of 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Cape Town. The R311 regional road also passes through the town, as does the West Coast branch line railway. It has two public primary schools, one public high school, a library, a police station, a magistrate's court, and a health clinic.

  1. ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
  2. ^ a b c d Main Place Moorreesburg from Census 2011.