Haarlem, Western Cape

Haarlem

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem

 Haarlem shown within Western Cape

Coordinates: 33°44′02″S 23°20′19″E / 33.73389°S 23.33861°E / -33.73389; 23.33861Coordinates: 33°44′02″S 23°20′19″E / 33.73389°S 23.33861°E / -33.73389; 23.33861
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District Eden
Municipality George
Area[1]
 • Total 9.04 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,376
 • Density 260/km2 (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%
PO box 6467
Area code 044

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

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. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Haarlem". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 195.
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