Bitterfontein is a village in the
Knersvlakte
The Knersvlakte is a region of hilly terrain covered with quartz gravel in Namaqualand in the north-west corner of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The name, literally "gnashing plain" in Afrikaans,Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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, north of
Cape Town
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. It is the