Dordrecht, South Africa

Dordrecht
View of the town of Dordrecht
View of the town of Dordrecht
Dordrecht is located in Eastern Cape
Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Dordrecht is located in South Africa
Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Coordinates: 31°22′S 27°3′E / 31.367°S 27.050°E / -31.367; 27.050
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictChris Hani
MunicipalityEmalahleni
Area
 • Total17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi)
Elevation
1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total10,261
 • Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African93.1%
 • Coloured3.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White2.8%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa90.1%
 • Afrikaans5.4%
 • English2.0%
 • Other2.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
5435
PO box
5435
Area code045

Dordrecht is a town situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by Baron Smiddolff (later changed to Smithdorff), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. The town was named for the city of the same name in the South-Western Netherlands[2] and had a population of about 8,741 people in 2001.

  1. ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Dordrecht and Tjoksville from Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.