Leipoldtville
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
32°13′19″S 18°28′52″E / 32.222°S 18.481°E / -32.222; 18.481 (2011)[1]
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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
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Leipoldtville". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 275. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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Municipalities and communities of West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: Moorreesburg
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- Citrusdal
- Clanwilliam
- Elands Bay
- Graafwater
- Lambert's Bay
- Leipoldtville
- Wupperthal