Leliefontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Leliefontein | |
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 Methodist Mission Church, Leliefontein | |
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| Coordinates: 30°18′00″S 18°05′00″E / 30.3°S 18.083333°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Municipality | Kamiesberg |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 616 |
| • Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 0.3% |
| • Coloured | 99.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 95.8% |
| • English | 2.8% |
| • Tswana | 1.1% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
A village in the Kamiesberg Mountains, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Kamieskroon, Leliefontein was established in 1816 by Reverend Barnabas Shaw, an English Wesleyan missionary.[2][3][unreliable source?] The mission was established on a farm awarded to the Namaquas by the Dutch governor Rijk Tulbagh.[4] It is probably named after the many white lilies found in the area.[2]
It was the site of the 1902 Leliefontein massacre, during the final stages of the Second Boer War.
From 1966 till 2016, it was the site of a major helicopter base of the SADF from where two squadrons of attack helicopters and transport helicopters operated, co-located with an Armoured Corps/Tank Battalion base and headquarters. It came under the operational responsibility of the 4th Integrated Division headquartered at Springbok.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Leliefontein". Census 2011.
- ^ a b "Leliefontein". Tracks4Africa Padkos. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "ancestry.com".
- ^ Sandra Olivier (2005). Touring in South Africa. Struik. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-77007-142-1.
- ^ "Leliefontein". Karoo Space. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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