Joubertina

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
33°49′30″S 23°51′28″E / 33.82500°S 23.85778°E / -33.82500; 23.85778CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictSarah BaartmanMunicipalityKou-KammaArea
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 • Total8.20 km2 (3.17 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,752 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)
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 • Black African16.8% • Coloured73.5% • Indian/Asian0.3% • White9.0% • Other0.5%First languages (2011)
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 • Afrikaans87.6% • Xhosa6.4% • English3.2% • Other2.9%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)
6410
PO box
6410
Area code042

Joubertina is a small town in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Description

Town on the Wabooms River in the Langkloof, some 50 km north-west of Assegaaibos, 70 km south-east of Avontuur and 213 km from Port Elizabeth. Joubertina was founded and introduced into the Langkloof community in 1907. Having secured a portion of the farm Onzer, in between the villages of Krakeel and Twee Riviere (both founded in 1765), a property development was launched there under the initiative of the Dutch Reformed Church. As the sale of erven around a newly erected church building gradually got underway in 1907, the future town was named in honour of W A Joubert, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Uniondale between 1878 and 1893.[2]

Joubertina is located on the R62 road in the Langkloof valley, approximately 5 km west of Twee Riviere, near the western extreme of the Eastern Cape.

The town has a station on the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Joubertina". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 232.
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