De Aar

De Aar
	De Aar
	De Aar
Coordinates	30 ° 39 ′ S , 24 ° 1 ′ E Coordinates: 30 ° 39 ′ S , 24 ° 1 ′ E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	North Cape
District	Pixley Ka Seme
ISO 3166-2	ZA-NC
local community	Emthanjeni
height	1243 m
Residents	23,760 (2011)

De Aar (German 'Die Ader', after a water vein) is one of the largest cities in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa with 23,760 inhabitants (as of 2011) .

religion

De Aar is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese De Aar . The diocese extends south to the Graaff-Reinet area and to the north to Hopetown .

Attractions

Garden of Remembrance - in honor of the fallen British soldiers in the First Boer War .
Khoisan rock stitches - these can be seen from the Nooitgedacht and Brandfontein areas .

traffic

The city is one of the most important railway hubs in South Africa. This is where the railway line from Cape Town via Kimberley to Johannesburg and Pretoria and the line from Windhoek via Upington to Port Elizabeth and East London intersect .

In addition, the N10 national road from Ncanaha (near Port Elizabeth) to the border with Namibia passes in the south of the urban area .