Kaapmuiden
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 32 '4.92 " S , 31 ° 19' 51.96" E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| District | Ehlanzeni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA | ||
| local community | Nkomazi | ||
| surface | 0.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 270 (2011) | ||
| density | 1500 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1895 | ||
Kaapmuiden ( Afrikaans ) is a South African town in the Nkomazi municipality , Ehlanzeni district in Mpumalanga Province . It is located around 40 kilometers east of Mbombela by road . In 2011 Kaapmuiden had 270 inhabitants in 120 households.
description
The place name Kaapmuiden is derived from a scenic situation; the place where the Kaap River flows into the Crocodile River (from Afrikaans "muiden" ). The Kaap River rises northeast of Barberton .
Kaapmuiden was built on the south bank of the Crocodile River and has become known as a railway junction with the economically important junctions from the Pretoria – Maputo railway line . The line branching off to the north runs to Tzaneen and from there a branch line branches off into the mining area around Phalaborwa . The branch line running south ends in the mining town of Barberton.
On the north bank of the river and directly opposite Kaapmuiden, the township settlement of Matsulu extends with almost 50,000 inhabitants, 99 percent of whom are Siswati- speaking blacks (2011 census).
Attractions
Because of the importance of the railway junction, a larger station area with shunting tracks was created in the place. The largely originally preserved station building was built by civil engineers from the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij and is one of the few structures for this purpose on this railway line that have been preserved at the time.
The agricultural character of the settlement can be seen in some of the older buildings with their tin roofs along the main road, which are well worth seeing. It is also represented by a grain silo that can be seen from afar , which has since been shut down and has been given a colored design to advertise the region. The Kruger National Park is only 25 kilometers away.
The South African Heritage Resources Agency has examined and documented some prehistoric finds here as well as evidence of settlement by European immigrants.
On the regional road R38 and 6 kilometers from Kaapmuiden, there is an artistically designed rock garden, which shows the traditional patterns and color compositions of the local Swazi population. In the 1960s and 1970s, the farm worker Nukain Mabusa (d. 1981) created a sculpture garden that is now known nationwide. He used the abundant rock groups and pebbles on an agriculturally unusable area of the Esperado farm near Revolver Creek for an intensely colored design of these stones. This area, now established as an open-air studio, has been taken up and described by several publications. This artistic area began with the design of the house he built himself. It was first reported in 1973 by a local reporter in the Vulamehlo newspaper published in Nelspruit (now Mbombela) . In 2013 a catalog of works was published with the title The Painted Stone Garden of Nukain Mabuza .
traffic
Kaapmuiden can be reached by land via the N4 national road from Pretoria or Maputo (Mozambique). The regional road R38, which branches off to the south from the N4, runs through Barberton to Standerton . There is an operating station on the Pretoria – Maputo railway line in the village.
economy
Kaapmuiden is an agricultural settlement. The valley floor of the Crocodile River is very fertile and a local irrigation system enables a brisk agricultural economy. There is a nationally known butcher's shop and a golf course as well as some places to stay. In the vicinity of the place, farms operate an intensive agriculture. There are here sugarcane , vegetables grown and subtropical fruits.
Web links
- Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency: Kaapmuiden . on www.mpumalanga.com (English)
- John FC Clarke, René Lion-Cachet: The Stone Garden of Nukain Mabuza . on www.nukainmabuza.co.za (English)
- Jean-Pierre Celliers: Archaeological Survey on Portions 3 and 29 of the farm Kaapmuiden 212 JU, in respect of the proposed Kaapmuiden Ext 1 township development, Mpumalanga Province . 2015, online at www.sahris.sahra.org.za (English, PDF), conservation study on the site and its surroundings
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c according to OSM
- ↑ 2011 census . accessed on June 5, 2020.
- ^ Peter Edmund Raper : Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Lowry Publishers, Johannesburg 1987 (2nd ed.), P. 165.
- ↑ 2011 census . accessed on June 5, 2020.
- ^ Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Pretoria: Kaapmuiden Station . at www.dutchfootsteps.co.za (English).
- ^ SA venues: Kaapmuiden . at www.sa-venues.com (English).
- ^ Jean-Pierre Celliers: Archaeological Survey on Portions 3 and 29 of the farm Kaapmuiden 212 JU, in respect of the proposed Kaapmuiden Ext 1 township development, Mpumalanga Province . 2015, online at www.sahris.sahra.org.za (English, PDF).
- ↑ Hazel Cuthbertson: Nukain Mabuza's Painted Rock Garden on the main road between Kaapmuiden and Barberton . at www.theheritageportal.co.za (English).
- ↑ SA-Venues: Nukain Mabusa's Garden of Flowers' . at www.sa-venues.com (English).
- ^ Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency: Kaapmuiden . on www.mpumalanga.com (English).