Dysselsdorp
Sign in to saveDysselsdorp is a small town that lies between Oudtshoorn and De Rust in the Little Karoo. It was founded as missionary station in 1838 for the emancipated slaves and dispossessed Khoekhoen who lived in the area. Since 1996 Dysselsdorp has been used as a case study for multiple agricultural reform programmes. 12 544 People live in Dysselsdorp and it is a predominantly Afrikaans-speaking coloured community. Majority of Dysselsdorp’s workers are employed in the agricultural industry or work in the nearby town of Oudtshoorn. Dysselsdorp is located in two wards of the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1838 establishments in the Cape Colony, Populated places established in 1838 and Populated places in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dysselsdorp
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Garden Route
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Oudtshoorn
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.45
- Settlement.population_total
- 12544
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Racial makeup (2011)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Oudtshoorn Local Municipality
- Population
- 12544
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- postal code
- 6628
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Dysselsdorp is a small town that lies between Oudtshoorn and De Rust in the Little Karoo. It was founded as missionary station in 1838 for the emancipated slaves and dispossessed Khoekhoen who lived in the area. Since 1996 Dysselsdorp has been used as a case study for multiple agricultural reform programmes. 12 544 People live in Dysselsdorp and it is a predominantly Afrikaans-speaking coloured community. Majority of Dysselsdorp’s workers are employed in the agricultural industry or work in the nearby town of Oudtshoorn. Dysselsdorp is located in two wards of the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
== Name == There is no definite origin of the name Dysselsdorp. Documents as early as 1838 record a settlement in the same area by the name of Dysal’s Kraal. The name Dysseldorp is also found in reference to the same settlement in old documents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dysselsdorp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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