Jonkersberg is a small village and forestry station in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Jonkersberg | |
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.jpg) The Outeniqua Mountains, on which the village lies. | |
  Jonkersberg  Jonkersberg | |
| Coordinates: 33°56′08″S 22°13′47″E / 33.93556°S 22.22972°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Municipality | Mossel Bay |
| First Settled | 1916 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 114 |
The village was established around 1916 when European woodcutters from Knysna were resettled in Jonkersberg, as well as Franschhoek.[1][2]
Jonkersberg lies at the foothills of the Outeniqua Mountains. [3]
In the 2011 South African census the village's population was 114 people living in 24 households.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Labour in the Knysna forests under Apartheid". Knysna Museums. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Forestry and Water Conservation in South Africa". Australian National University. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Trees". Fairview Homestead. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Firth, Adrian (2011). "Jonkersberg State Forest". Retrieved 2024-06-26.