Adendorp
Adendorp | |
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| KwaMseki Bishop Limba | |
  Adendorp Location within Eastern Cape  Adendorp Location within South Africa | |
| 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 | 12.8/km2 (33.1/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, officially KwaMseki Bishop Limba after a name change in February 2026,[2] is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, on the Sundays River. It was named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858.[3]: 17 Municipal status was attained in 1878.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Adendorp". Census 2011.
- ↑ "East London and Graaff-Reinet are officially no more". Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ 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.
Municipalities and communities of Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape | ||
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District seat: Gqeberha | ||
| Blue Crane Route |
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| Dr Beyers Naudé |
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| Kouga | ||
| Kou-Kamma | ||
| Makana | ||
| Ndlambe | ||
| Sunday's River Valley | ||