Haarlem | |
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Coordinates: 33°44′02″S 23°20′19″E / 33.73389°S 23.33861°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Garden Route |
Municipality | George |
Area | |
• Total | 9.04 km2 (3.49 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,376 |
• Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 4.2% |
• Coloured | 94.1% |
• White | 0.9% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 97.6% |
• English | 1.3% |
• Other | 1.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 6467 |
Area code | 044 |
Haarlem is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Village 16 km 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 19 km west of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[2]