Piketberg
Piketberg | |
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From top, Church in Piketberg, Welcome sign to Piketberg with seasonal daisies blooming the foreground, Piketberg main road. | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′S 18°46′E / 32.900°S 18.767°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | West Coast |
| Municipality | Bergrivier |
| Established | 1840 |
| Government | |
| • Councillors | Riaan de Vries (DA) Ray van Rooy (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.27 km2 (5.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,075 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 8.1% |
| • Coloured | 76.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 14.3% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 92.7% |
| • Xhosa | 1.9% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Sotho | 1.2% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7320 |
| PO box | 7320 |
| Area code | 022 |
Piketberg (also sometimes spelt Piquetberg in the past) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, located about 80 km east of Saldanha Bay. The original spelling of the name was "Piquetberg". The town is in the foothills of the Piketberg mountains, a range of low mountains formed from Table Mountain Sandstone.
The area around the mountains is conducive to the farming of wheat, while the area on top of the Piketberg Mountains range (called Piket-Bo-Berg), being cooler and generally frost-free, is suited to the farming of fruit and Rooibos Tea. Piketberg has a large Dutch Reformed Church designed by the architect Carl Otto Hager in his trademark neo-Gothic style.