Nieuwoudtville

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Nieuwoudtville
Nieuwoudtville (South Africa)
Nieuwoudtville
Nieuwoudtville
Coordinates 31 ° 22 ′  S , 19 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 22 ′  S , 19 ° 6 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

North Cape
District Namakwa
ISO 3166-2 ZA-NC
local community Hantam
height 1000 m
Residents 2093 (2011)
founding 1897

Nieuwoudtville is a place in the municipality of Hantam , Namakwa District , Northern Cape Province in South Africa . Cape Town is 350 kilometers south. In 2011 there were 2,093 residents here.

The place is around 1,000 meters above sea level on the Bokveld (Bokkeveld) plateau . The approach from the west is via the VanRhyns Pass and offers a view over the Namaqualand and the Knersvlakte .

The place is nicknamed the "Bulb Capital of the World" (flower bulb capital of the world). It is assumed that the world's largest concentration of different tubers / bulbous plants occurs here. These geophytes start to bloom in March / April after the first summer rains. The flowering period then runs through October, with a peak in July. Nieuwoudtville has a special geographical location: from here four different vegetation zones are only 25 kilometers away: Karoo , Bushmanland, Knersvlakte and Namaqualand .

history

It was founded in 1897 on the Groenrivier farm (German: "Green River"). The area was also known as Groene Rivier , Bokkeveld, and Onder Bokkeveld . The place is named after the Nieuwoudt family, who owned the land until it was sold to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1897 .

Attractions

  • Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve , ten kilometers south of the city with 150 kilometers of hiking trails
  • Nieuwoudtville waterfall, six kilometers north, 100 meter high waterfall of the Doring river
  • Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve
    This 115 hectare nature reserve, founded in 1974, is three kilometers from the city on the road to Calvinia . Around 200 plant genera with more than 300 species are protected, 40 percent of which are bulbous plants. The endemic Bulbinella latifolia var. Doleritica is also protected here .
  • Wildflowers in the main blooming season with 500,000 blooming plants
  • Khoisan rock paintings .

  • VanRhyns Pass

  • Nieuwoudtville waterfall

  • Nieuwoudtville waterfall

  • Euphorbia mauritanica at the Nieuwoudtville waterfall

swell

  1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 18, 2013
  2. ^ SA History