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, 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Vredendal and 240 kilometres (150 mi) north of Cape Town.

According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 6,234 people in 1,680 households.

[1] The name Klawer comes from the Afrikaans word for a type of wild clover which grows here after the rains.

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