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Moorreesburg

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thumb|Grain silos next to the Moorreesburg railway station. The town is a major logistical center for the region's grain industry. Moorreesburg is a rural town situated about north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was laid out in 1879 on the farm Hooikraal, was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1909. Today it falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. The town is the seat of government for the West Coast District Municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Moorreesburg
Settlement.pushpin_map
South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Western Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
West Coast
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Swartland
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1882
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
27.2
Settlement.population_total
7760
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Official name
Moorreesburg
Country
South Africa
Located in
Swartland Local Municipality
Population
12877
Area
27.8
Elevation
252
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
West Coast District Municipality
Image
Station Moorreesburg 2.JPG
Dialing code
022
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Commons category
Moorreesburg
inception
1882-01-01
postal code
7310
native label
Moorreesburg
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  • History and economy
  • Demographics
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thumb|Grain silos next to the Moorreesburg railway station. The town is a major logistical center for the region's grain industry. Moorreesburg is a rural town situated about north of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was laid out in 1879 on the farm Hooikraal, was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1909. Today it falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. The town is the seat of government for the West Coast District Municipality.

Moorreesburg lies just off the N7 national road, at a driving distance of from Cape Town. The R311 regional road also passes through the town, as does the West Coast branch line railway. It has two public primary schools, one public high school, a library, a police station, a magistrate's court, and a health clinic.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moorreesburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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