Murraysburg | |
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 Dutch Reformed Church, Murraysburg | |
  Murraysburg  Murraysburg | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′S 23°46′E / 31.950°S 23.767°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Central Karoo |
| Municipality | Beaufort West |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.3 km2 (26.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,069 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 18.4% |
| • Coloured | 80.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.5% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 87.6% |
| • Xhosa | 9.8% |
| • English | 1.0% |
| • Other | 1.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6995 |
| PO box | 6995 |
| Area code | 049 |
Murraysburg is an Afrikaans speaking town of approximately 5,000 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in the far northeast of the municipality, about 540 kilometres (340 mi) from the provincial capital Cape Town, and 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Graaff-Reinet. It is governed as part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality within the Central Karoo District Municipality.
Murraysburg is situated on the R63 regional road, which connects it to the N1 and N12 national roads to the west and the N9 to the east. It is a distance of 620 kilometres (385 mi) from Cape Town by road, and 345 kilometres (214 mi) from Port Elizabeth.
- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Murraysburg and Rooivlakte from Census 2011.