Barrydale

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Barrydale
From top: Skyline of Barrydale, left: NG Church, right: View of Barrydale and the Tradouws Pass, left: Skyline, right: An old house in Barrydale
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Coordinates: 33°54′13″S 20°43′18″E / 33.903665°S 20.721697°E / -33.903665; 20.721697
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Swellendam
Area [1]
• Total	25.77 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,156
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	3.6%
• Coloured	83.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	11.9%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	90.6%
• English	6.6%
• Xhosa	1.1%
• Other	1.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6750
PO box	6750
Area code	028

Barrydale is a village on the border of the Overberg and Klein Karoo regions of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It was named after Joseph Barry, a merchant of the 19th century.^[2] It is situated at the northern end of the Tradouws Pass which winds its way through the mountains to Swellendam.