Barrydale

Barrydale
From top: Skyline of Barrydale, left: NG Church, right: View of Barrydale and the Tradouws Pass, left: Skyline, right: An old house in Barrydale
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Coordinates: 33°54′13″S20°43′18″E / 33.903665°S 20.721697°E / -33.903665; 20.721697
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Swellendam
Area [1]
• Total	25.77 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	4,156
• Density	161.3/km2 (417.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	3.6%
•  Coloured	83.3%
•  Indian/Asian	0.4%
•  White	11.9%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Afrikaans	90.6%
•  English	6.6%
•  Xhosa	1.1%
• Other	1.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6750
PO box	6750
Area code	028

Barrydale is a village on the border of the Overberg and Klein Karoo regions of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It was named after Joseph Barry, a merchant of the 19th century. ^[2] It is situated at the northern end of the Tradouws Pass which winds its way through the mountains to Swellendam.

Churches

• 
  New Apostolic Church
• 
  Evangelical Reformed Church of SA
• 
  Interdenominational Church

Notable people

• Giniel de Villiers (born 1972), rally driver and 2009 Dakar Rally winner.

References

1. "Main Place Barrydale". Census 2011.
2. Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 69. ISBN   978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.