Klawer
# Klawer

Klawer is a town in the Matzikama Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the right bank of the Olifants River, 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Vredendal and 240 kilometres (150 mi) north of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 6,234 people in 1,680 households. Then name Klawer comes from the Afrikaans word for a type of wild clover which grows here after the rains.

