Haarlem, Western Cape

Haarlem is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Haarlem
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Haarlem
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Coordinates: 33°44′02″S 23°20′19″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Garden Route
Municipality	George
Area [1]
• Total	9.04 km^2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,376
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	4.2%
• Coloured	94.1%
• White	0.9%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	97.6%
• English	1.3%
• Other	1.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	6467
Area code	044

Village 16km east of Avontuur and 29 km south-east of Uniondale, in the Langkloof. Originally laid out in 1856, it was taken over by the Berlin Missionary Society in 1860. The mission station was named Anhalt-Schmidt, but the village had already been named Haarlem and bears that name today, presumably after the city of Haarlem 19km west of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[2]

References

1. "Main Place Haarlem". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 195.