Leipoldtville

Leipoldtville
Church in Leipoldtville
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Coordinates: 32°13′19″S 18°28′52″E / 32.222°S 18.481°E / -32.222; 18.481Coordinates: 32°13′19″S 18°28′52″E / 32.222°S 18.481°E / -32.222; 18.481
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	West Coast
Municipality	Cederberg
Established	1905
Area
• Total	0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	298
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	7.7%
• Coloured	79.5%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	11.1%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	96.3%
• English	1.7%
• Other	2.0%
PO box	8122
Area code	027

Leipoldtville is a town in Cederberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

It is located 40 km (25 mi) West-Southwest of Clanwilliam and 27 km (17 mi) Southeast of Lambert's Bay. The town is named after the Reverend C F Leipoldt, a Dutch Reformed minister in Clanwilliam from 1884 to 1910 and father of the Afrikaans poet C. Louis Leipoldt.