Ladismith

Ladismith is a town and agricultural centre in the western Little Karoo region of South Africa's Western Cape province.

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Settlement.name: Ladismith
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: View of Ladismith, Ladismith Town Hall, Albert Manor, Hoeko where C J Langenhoven was born, Dutch Reformed Church.
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: Kannaland
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 25.8
Settlement.elevation_m: 540
Settlement.population_total: 7127
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Area: 25.8
Elevation: 540
Image: P1020107 Lavendelfarm Ladismith.JPG
Dialing code: 028

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inception: 1852-01-01
postal code: 6655
Commons category: Ladismith

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Ladismith is a town and agricultural centre in the western Little Karoo region of South Africa's Western Cape province.

==Geography== It is situated adjacent to a series of fertile, irrigated valleys, at an elevation of 550 m above sea level, at the southern base of the Swartberg. It is currently included in the southern Kannaland Local Municipality. The nearest towns are Calitzdorp to the east, Vanwyksdorp and Riversdale to the south and Laingsburg to the north.