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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.
Barrydale | |
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From top: Skyline of Barrydale, left: NG Church, right: View of Barrydale and the Tradouws Pass, left: Skyline, right: An old house in Barrydale | |
Coordinates: 33°54′13″S 20°43′18″E / 33.903665°S 20.721697°E | |
Land | Südafrika |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Swellendam |
Area | |
• Total | 25.77 km2 (9.95 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,156 |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 3.6% |
• Coloured | 83.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 11.9% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• 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 |
Churches
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New Apostolic Church
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Evangelical Reformed Church of SA
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Interdenominational Church
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Barrydale". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.