Bredasdorp
Sign in to saveBredasdorp is a town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about south-east of Cape Town and north of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bredasdorp
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- Top: View of Bredasdorp, Middle left: Bredasdorp Memorial, right: NG Church, Bottom left: Bredasdorp Museum, right: Canola fields near Bredasdorp
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- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
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- Overberg
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- Municipality
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- Cape Agulhas
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- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1838
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillors
- Settlement.leader_name
- Johan Nieuwoudt (Ward 4) Karin Donald (Ward 2)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 25.15
- Settlement.population_total
- 15524
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Bredasdorp is a town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about south-east of Cape Town and north of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa.
Tourist attractions of Bredasdorp include the Heuningberg Nature Reserve, many historical churches, and art galleries and craft shops. Bredasdorp is also home to the Shipwreck Museum which tells the stories of the 150 wrecks along the nearby Agulhas Reef. It is the only museum of its kind in the southern hemisphere.