Leipoldtville

Leipoldtville

Leipoldtville

Place in Western Cape, South Africa

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

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