Overberg (disambiguation)

Last updated April 30, 2019

Overberg or Overburg may refer to:

In South Africa

The Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa
The Overberg District Municipality, a municipality in the Overberg region
The Overberg Test Range, a rocket launch site and weapons systems testing facility in the Overberg
AFB Overberg, a South African Air Force base
Overberg branch line, a railway line

Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along the Western Cape Province's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known as the Garden Route in the east. The boundaries of the Overberg are the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the West; the Riviersonderend Mountains, part of the Cape Fold Belt, in the North; the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the South and the Breede River in the East.

Overberg District Municipality District municipality in Western Cape, South Africa

The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality that governs the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is divided into four local municipalities and includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and had in 2007 an estimated population of 212,787 people in 60,056 households.

The Overberg branch line is a railway line in the Western Cape, South Africa, that runs from Cape Town through Somerset West and Caledon to Bredasdorp.

Other

Overberg (Netherlands), a town in the Netherlands
Bernhard Heinrich Overberg (1754–1826), Catholic ecclesiastical educator
Don Overburg, jazz musician

Bernhard Heinrich Overberg was a German Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, educator and author.

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