Leliefontein, Northern Cape

Leliefontein
Methodist Mission Church, Leliefontein
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Coordinates: 30°18′00″S 18°05′00″E / 30.3°S 18.083333°E / -30.3; 18.083333Coordinates: 30°18′00″S 18°05′00″E / 30.3°S 18.083333°E / -30.3; 18.083333
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Municipality	Kamiesberg
Area
• Total	0.67 km2 (0.26 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	616
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	0.3%
• Coloured	99.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	95.8%
• English	2.8%
• Tswana	1.1%
• Other	0.3%

Leliefontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

A village in the Kamiesberg Mountains, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Kamieskroon, Leliefontein was established in 1816 by Reverend Barnabus Shaw, a Wesleyan missionary. The mission was established on a farm awarded to the Namaquas by the Dutch governor Rijk Tulbagh. It is probably named after the many white Lilies found in the area.

It was the site of the 1902 Leliefontein massacre, during the final stages of the Second Anglo-Boer War.