Tulbagh

Tulbagh
Clockwise from Top: View over Tulbagh, Oude Kerk, Church Street, the mountains of Tulbagh, The Drostdy.
Tulbagh is located in Western Cape
Tulbagh
Tulbagh
Tulbagh is located in South Africa
Tulbagh
Tulbagh
Coordinates: 33°17′6″S 19°8′16″E / 33.28500°S 19.13778°E / -33.28500; 19.13778
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictCape Winelands
MunicipalityWitzenberg
Established1795[1]
Named forRyk Tulbagh
Area
 • Total3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total8,969
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African22.7%
 • Coloured69.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White6.9%
 • Other0.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans74.4%
 • Xhosa18.3%
 • English3.6%
 • Sotho2.0%
 • Other1.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6820
PO box
6820
Area code023

Tulbagh (Afrikaans: [tœlbaχ]), previously named Roodezand, later named after Dutch Cape Colony Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren" mountain basin (also known as the Tulbagh basin),[3] in the Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa. The basin is fringed on three sides by mountains, and is drained by the Klein Berg River and its tributaries. The nearest towns are Ons Rust and Gouda beyond the Nuwekloof Pass, Wolseley some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the south inside the basin, and Ceres and Prince Alfred Hamlet beyond Michell's Pass in the Warm Bokkeveld.

  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 Tulbagh". Census 2011.
  3. ^ James, Wilmot G. and Mary Simons, ed. (9 January 2009). Class, Caste and Color: A Social and Economic History of the South African Western Cape. Transaction Publishers. p. 2. ISBN 978-1412808651.