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Avontuur

Field	Value
name	Avontuur
image_skyline	Station Avontuur 1.JPG
image_caption	Avontuur's narrow gauge railway station
pushpin_map	South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Africa
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Western Cape
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Garden Route
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	George
subdivision_type4	Main Place
established_title	Established
leader_title	Councillor
population_footnotes
population_total	238
population_density_km2	auto
demographics1_title1	Black African
demographics1_title2	Coloured
demographics1_title3	Indian/Asian
demographics1_title4	White
demographics1_title5	Other
timezone1	SAST
utc_offset1	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code (street)
postal2_code_type	PO box
postal2_code	6490
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	044

Avontuur is a town situated in the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town is located 13km south-east of Uniondale on an intersection of the R339 and R62 regional routes.

History

The name is Afrikaans for adventure; its origin, however, remains uncertain. The river from which the town takes its name was known in 1778.

References

[http://www.dwaf.gov.za/dir_ws/wsnis/default.asp?nStn=pg_reports&cid=3&SAID=&SASID=&Prov=SA&cursecAuthorityCode=&curLinkID=&curYear=10&curEntityID=01J34A602&curReportID=208&curParams=@UserNr&curlevelid=4 Water Services National Information System - Community Report]
"Official South African Geographical Names System". [[Department of Arts and Culture]].
"Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council.

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