Leipoldtville

Leipoldtville

Church in Leipoldtville
Leipoldtville
Leipoldtville
Leipoldtville

 Leipoldtville shown within Western Cape

Coordinates: 32°13′19″S 18°28′52″E / 32.222°S 18.481°E / -32.222; 18.481Coordinates: 32°13′19″S 18°28′52″E / 32.222°S 18.481°E / -32.222; 18.481
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District West Coast
Municipality Cederberg
Established 1905
Area[1]
 • Total 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 298
 • Density 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 7.7%
 • Coloured 79.5%
 • Indian/Asian 1.7%
 • White 11.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 96.3%
 • English 1.7%
 • Other 2.0%
PO box 8122
Area code 027

Leipoldtville is a town in Cederberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

It is located 40 km (25 mi) West-Southwest of Clanwilliam and 27 km (17 mi) Southeast of Lambert's Bay. The town is named after the Reverend C F Leipoldt, a Dutch Reformed minister in Clanwilliam from 1884 to 1910 and father of the Afrikaans poet C. Louis Leipoldt.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Leipoldtville". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 275. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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