Vredenburg

Vredenburg (; ) is a town of the Cape West Coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. "Vrede" is Afrikaans for peace. It is the transportation and commercial hub of the West Coast area and administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. It is located 12 kilometres inland from the coast at Saldanha Bay on the Cape Columbine Peninsula 138 km north of Cape Town.

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Settlement.name: Vredenburg
Settlement.image_skyline: Vredenburg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: A landscape in Vredenburg
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: Saldanha Bay
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13.75
Settlement.population_total: 38382
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Official name: Vredenburg
Population: 38382
Area: 13.75
Elevation: 252
Image: Vredenburg.jpg
Dialing code: 022

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Commons category: Vredenburg, South Africa
postal code: 7380
native label: Vredenburg

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==History== The town was established in 1875 initially as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation to serve the surrounding communities, as the closest church was in Hopefield. The town's original name was "Twisfontein", which from Afrikaans can be translated as "dispute fountain". This name came about when two competing farmers fought over the only available freshwater spring in the area. The town's name was later changed to "Prosesfontein". The town was renamed as they were discussing the matter of the freshwater spring and were trying to come to an agreement. When this agreement was settled and they have achieved a sense of peace among one another, the name "Vredenburg" was chosen. The town's population in 2011 was 38,382. The city should not be confused with the ancient Vredenburg in the Limpopo Province.