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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dysselsdorp
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- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- Western Cape
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Garden Route
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- Municipality
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- Oudtshoorn
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 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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- 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.
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