Adendorp
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Coordinates: 32°18′11″S 24°32′49″E / 32.303°S 24.547°ECoordinates: 32°18′11″S 24°32′49″E / 32.303°S 24.547°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Sarah Baartman |
Municipality | Dr Beyers Naudé |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 31.34 km2 (12.10 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 401 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 4.2% |
• Coloured | 17.0% |
• White | 78.1% |
• Other | 0.7% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Afrikaans | 88.8% |
• English | 10.2% |
• Other | 1.0% |
Postal code (street) | 6282 |
PO box | 6282 |
Adendorp is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Municipal status was attained in 1878.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Adendorp". Census 2011.
- ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 52. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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