Wittewater

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Wittewater

| pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|32.915278|S|18.702|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 = Bergrivier

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/162011 |title = Main Place Wittewater |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.48

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 848

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 1.9%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 98.0%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 =

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 97.5%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 1.7%

| demographics2_title3 =

| demographics2_info3 =

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 0.8%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 7322

| area_code_type = Area code

| settlement_type = Village

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| translit_lang1 =

| blank_name_sec1 = White water

}}

Wittewater ({{Langx|af|Wittewater|lit=white water}}) is a town in Bergrivier Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located off the R399 road, between Piketberg and Velddrif.{{cite web|title=Wittewater|url=http://www.places.co.za/html/wittewater.html|publisher=SA Places|accessdate=29 August 2014}} It was established in the 1857 by German Moravian missionaries.

The town name, 'white water', references the waterfall that emerges behind it during winter rain.{{cite book|author1=Karena Du Plessis|author2=Vanessa Cowling|title=West Coast: Landscape, People, Food, Texture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNs_kEVsDfoC&pg=PT106|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Struik|isbn=978-1-77007-188-9|page=106}}