Saron | |
|---|---|
 Mission Church in Saron | |
  Saron  Saron | |
| Coordinates: 33°10.86′S 19°0.6′E / 33.18100°S 19.0100°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Cape Winelands |
| Municipality | Drakenstein |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,843 |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 1.8% |
| • Coloured | 97.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 96.8% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6812 |
| PO box | 6812 |
| Area code | 023 |
Saron is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
A Mission Station can be found at the foot of the Saronsberg in the Tulbagh district, about 20 km south of Porterville. The Mission Station was established by the Rhenish Missionary Society in 1848 by Johannes Heinrich Kulpmann; it was later taken over by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1945. The name, Afrikaans for Sharon, is of Biblical origin, meaning 'flats' or 'plain'.[2]
On 30 November 2013, Heritage Western Cape declared the historic core of the Saron Mission Station as a provincial heritage site.[3]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Saron". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette, No. 7202, Cape Town, 29 November 2013, pp.3178-3180