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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
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'''Wapen''': Gedeel, regs, 'n goue druiwetros met twee blare, links 'n blou horing van oorvloed gevul met vrugte van natuurlike kleur; op 'n golwende skildhoof gedeel en hoekig deursnede van blou en silwer drie gekanteelde pieke van die een in die ander. <br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Rustieke bruin muurkroon, belaai met 'n silwer dwarsbalk, daarop 'n ander van blou.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': DIENS-UKUKHONZA-SERVICE | |||
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'''Arms''': Per pale, dexter a bunch of grapes with two leaves Or, sinister a cornucopia Azure, filled with fruit proper; on a chief wavy per pale and dancetty Azure and Argent, three peaks embattled counterchanged. <br> | |||
'''Crest''': A rustic mural crown Brunatre, charged with a bar Argent, there-upon another Azure.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': DIENS-UKUKHONZA-SERVICE | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The arms were granted on November 29, 2002 to the Breerivier/Wynland local municipality. | |||
The municipality takes its name from an extensive mountain range (part of the Cape Folded Mountain system) that is the principal feature of its topography. | The municipality takes its name from an extensive mountain range (part of the Cape Folded Mountain system) that is the principal feature of its topography. | ||
The area is known for its fruit production, which is symbolised by the bunch of grapes and the cornucopia. The grapes also indicate | The area is known for its fruit production, which is symbolised by the bunch of grapes and the cornucopia. The grapes also indicate part of the former name Wynland (wine-land). | ||
The wavy partition line represents the many streams that flow out of the kloofs (gorges) along the mountains. | The wavy partition line represents the many streams that flow out of the kloofs (gorges) along the mountains. | ||
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[[Category:South African Municipalities]] | [[Category:South African Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Cape]] | [[Category:Northern Cape]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2002]] | |||