Vanrhynsdorp (AKA Van Rhynsdorp) Western Cape
Schools, Theatre Companies and Facilitators in Vanrhynsdorp (AKA Van Rhynsdorp), Western Cape.
Van Rhynsdorp is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Van Rhynsdorp was founded as Trutro ("TroeTroe") after the area was first explored by Europeans in 1661 by Pieter van Meerhoff. The Troe-Troe Zending ("Mission") dates to the 1751 completion of the Trutro Homestead which is still standing at Van Rhynsdorp. The name of the town was changed to Van Rhynsdorp (in Afrikaans, Vanrhynsdorp) in 1881.
Estimated Population: 6000
District Municipality: West Coast District Municipality
Local Municipality: Matzikama Local Municipality
Provincial Representative: Faye Kabali-Kagwa, theatre4youthwc@nullassitej.org.za