Adendorp
Appearance
Adendorp | |
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Coordinates: 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 | |
• Total | 31.34 km2 (12.10 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 401 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 4.2% |
• Coloured | 17.0% |
• White | 78.1% |
• Other | 0.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 88.8% |
• English | 10.2% |
• Other | 1.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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.[2]: 17 Municipal status was attained in 1878.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Adendorp". Census 2011.
- ^ Room, Adrian (2008). African placenames : origins and meanings of the names for natural features, towns, cities, provinces, and counties. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-3546-3.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 52. Retrieved 28 August 2013.