{{Infobox settlement | name = Matjiesrivier | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.399|S|22.035|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Garden Route District Municipality|Garden Route]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Oudtshoorn Local Municipality|Oudtshoorn]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = | demographics2_title2 = | demographics2_info2 = | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = | demographics2_info5 = <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6634 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Matjiesrivier''' is a town at the southern foot of the [[Waboomsberg]], some 37 km south of [[Prince Albert, Western Cape|Prince Albert]], off the road to [[Oudtshoorn]]. Afrikaans for 'mat river', the reference is to a type of [[sedge]] ([[Cyperus textilis]]) growing there, used by Khoekhoen in making mats with which they made their huts. Matjiesgoed is the common name for this sedge, literally 'mat stuff.{{#tag:ref |{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n301/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=301|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}}
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[[Category:Populated places in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality]]