Piketberg

Piketberg
Church in Piketberg
Piketberg  Piketberg shown within Western Cape
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	West Coast
Municipality	Bergrivier
Established	1840
Area
• Total	13.27 km2 (5.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,075
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	8.1%
• Coloured	76.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	14.3%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	92.7%
• Xhosa	1.9%
• English	1.8%
• Sotho	1.2%
• Other	2.4%
Postal code (street)	7320
PO box	7320
Area code	022

Piketberg is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. The original spelling of the name was "Piquetberg".

The town is in the foothills of the Piketberg mountains, a range of low mountains formed from Table Mountain Sandstone.

The area around the mountains is conducive to the farming of wheat, while the area on top of the mountains, being cooler and generally frost-free, is suited to the farming of fruit and Rooibos Tea.

Piketberg possesses a large white Dutch Reformed Church designed by the architect Carl Otto Hager in his trademark neo-Gothic style.

The area was inhabited by the Khoikhoi and the San before the arrival of settlers of European extraction and there is still well-preserved San rock art in the mountains. There was once a small military post in the town to protect the livestock of farmers against depredations by the Khoikhoi.

External links

• Official site