Leydsdorp

Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Leydsdorp
Settlement.image_skyline: Leydsdorp abandoned hotel.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Abandoned hotel in Leydsdorp
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Limpopo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mopani
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ba-Phalaborwa

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Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

This ghost town is south-west of Gravelotte and south-east of Tzaneen. It developed from a gold-mining camp and was proclaimed in 1890, but was virtually abandoned when gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand. Named after Willem Johannes Leyds (1859–1940), state secretary of the South African Republic from 1888 to 1897.