Leipoldtville | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Western Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -32.222°N 18.481°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | West Coast |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Cederberg |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.65 |
Population Total: | 298 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 7.7% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 79.5% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 1.7% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 11.1% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 96.3% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 1.7% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.0% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 8122 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 027 |
Leipoldtville is a town in Cederberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
It is located 40km (30miles) West-Southwest of Clanwilliam and 27km (17miles) 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]