Redelinghuys

Redelinghuys
Redelinghuys
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Coordinates: 32°28′44″S 18°32′17″E / 32.47889°S 18.53806°E / -32.47889; 18.53806
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	West Coast
Municipality	Bergrivier
Area [1]
• Total	2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	574
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	23.2%
• Coloured	58.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	17.5%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	95.8%
• English	1.8%
• Xhosa	1.3%
• Other	1.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8105
PO box	8105
Area code	022

Redelinghuys is a village in the Bergrivier Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north of Cape Town on the Verlorevlei River. The 2001 Census recorded the population as 581 people in 167 households.^[2] The village is situated on the R366 regional route between Piketberg and Elands Bay. It is served by a police station, a public library, a satellite health clinic, and two primary schools.

The town has a predominantly Victorian architecture.

On 23 September 2014 a part of the southern shore of the vlei was declared as a provincial heritage site for reasons associated with the vernacular fishing village located there. On the same date the Diepkloof Rock Shelter, an internationally important archaeological site associated with the emergence of modern humans and intrinsically connected to the ecology of the vlei, was also declared.^[3]

In 1991, the wetland was declared a Ramsar site.^[4] The estuary is considered an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area by BirdLife South Africa.^[5]

The river is the only known habitat of the endangered Verlorenvlei redfin.^[6]