Tulbagh
Tulbagh | |
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Clockwise from Top: View over Tulbagh, Oude Kerk, Church Street, the mountains of Tulbagh, The Drostdy. | |
| Coordinates: 33°17′6″S 19°8′16″E / 33.28500°S 19.13778°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Cape Winelands |
| Municipality | Witzenberg |
| Established | 1795 |
| Named after | Ryk Tulbagh |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,969 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 22.7% |
| • Coloured | 69.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 6.9% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 74.4% |
| • Xhosa | 18.3% |
| • English | 3.6% |
| • Sotho | 2.0% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6820 |
| PO box | 6820 |
| Area code | 023 |
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Tulbagh (Afrikaans: [ˈtœlbaχ]), previously named Roodezand, then Land van Waveren later in 1804 named after Cape of Good Hope Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren" mountain basin (also known as the Tulbagh basin), 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.