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
Haarlem
Haarlem
Coordinates: 33°44′02″S 23°20′19″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictGarden Route
MunicipalityGeorge
Area
  Total9.04 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total2,376
  Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African4.2%
  Coloured94.1%
  White0.9%
  Other0.8%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans97.6%
  English1.3%
  Other1.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6467
Area code044

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.
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