Bitterfontein is a village in the Knersvlakte, the northernmost area of the Western Cape province of South Africa, 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Cape Town. It is the railhead of a line from Cape Town; ore from the copper mines at Okiep is transferred there from road transport to the railway. It is also located on the N7 (Cape Town–Namibia) national road; the distance from Cape Town is 386 kilometres (240 mi) by road and 465 kilometres (289 mi) by rail.[2]
Bitterfontein is located in the Matzikama Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. According to the 2001 Census, it had a population of 906 in an area of 1.77 square kilometres (0.68 sq mi).[3] It is served by a police station,[4] a primary school,[5] a library,[6] and a satellite health clinic.[7]
^ abcd"Main Place Bitterfontein". Census 2011.
^Boonzaaier, Boon (2008). Tracks Across the Veld. ISBN 978-0-620-41711-2.
^Census 2001 — Statistics for Main Place
^"Bitterfontein Police Station". Cape Gateway.
^"Bitterfontein Primary School". Western Cape Education Management System. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
^"Bitterfontein Library Depot". Cape Gateway. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
Bitterfontein is a village in the Knersvlakte, the northernmost area of the Western Cape province of South Africa, 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Cape...
Committee in February 1995. The Bitterfontein/Nuwerus TLC replaced the Bitterfontein Municipality, the Bitterfontein Management Committee and the Nuwerus...
Graafwater South. After the railway junction between Cape Town and Bitterfontein was built in 1910, the town Graafwater was established. The local Dutch...
served by the West Coast railway line which runs from Cape Town to Bitterfontein. The travel distance from Cape Town is approximately 300 kilometres...
Western Cape province of South Africa. Village 16 km south-east of Bitterfontein and 70 km north-west of Vanrhynsdorp. The name is Afrikaans and means...
to Bloukrans River, towards Port Elizabeth), N7 (from Cape Town to Bitterfontein, continuing towards Springbok and Namibia), N9 (from George to Uniondale...
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by 1910 most Okiep ore was being carried by truck to the railhead at Bitterfontein in preference to shipments direct from the port. With ore shipments...
1882) Chrysoritis thysbe subsp. psyche (Pennington, 1967) Range: from Bitterfontein south to Nardouwsberg in the Western Cape Chrysoritis thysbe subsp....
Cape Province, South Africa. Here it is confined to the area between Bitterfontein and Holsrivier. The subspecies vanzylii occurs over 100 km to the north...
Northern Cape of South Africa. It grows on slopes between Steinkopf and Bitterfontein at elevations of 455–915 m (1,493–3,002 ft). This species is considered...
Western Cape to Malmesbury which travels 78 km (48 mi) on the route to Bitterfontein. Frequencies can vary vastly from weekday peaks to weekend-off peaks...
Nowadays, road transport is used to convey the ore to the railhead at Bitterfontein. The other principal mines of the area are at Carolusberg and Nababeep...
May 1831. He collected in the area for some time, travelling on to Bitterfontein and the Kamiesberge. From here he went further north up to the Orange...
The northern populations (Olifants River Valley, Gifberg and near Bitterfontein) are often white. These flowers may still be blue on the outsides of...
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