Bitterfontein is a village in the Knersvlakte, the northernmost area of the Western Cape province of South Africa, 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Cape Town.

It is the railhead of a line from Cape Town; ore from the copper mines at Okiep is transferred there from road transport to the railway.

It is also located on the N7 (Cape Town–Namibia) national road; the distance from Cape Town is 386 kilometres (240 mi) by road and 465 kilometres (289 mi) by rail.

According to the 2001 Census, it had a population of 906 in an area of 1.77 square kilometres (0.68 sq mi).

[3] It is served by a police station,[4] a primary school,[5] a library,[6] and a satellite health clinic.