Klawer

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Klawer

| image_skyline = Station Klawer.JPG

| image_caption = Klawer railway station

| pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|31|47|S|18|37|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 = West Coast

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Matzikama

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/160012 |title = Main Place Klawer |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 6.41

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 6234

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 9.4%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 75.3%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 1.0%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 13.6%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.7%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 89.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info2 = 4.6%

| demographics2_title3 = Sign language

| demographics2_info3 = 3.1%

| demographics2_title4 = English

| demographics2_info4 = 1.3%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 1.8%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 8145

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 8145

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 027

}}

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, {{convert|17|km}} south-east of Vredendal and {{convert|240|km}} north of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 6,234 people in 1,680 households. The name Klawer comes from the Afrikaans word for a type of wild clover which grows here after the rains.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=251}}