Zoar (South Africa)

Zoar
Zoar
Coordinates	33 ° 29 ′  S , 21 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 29 ′  S , 21 ° 26 ′  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Western cape
District	Garden Route
local community	Kannaland
height	566 m
Residents	4659 (2011)
founding	1817

Zoar ( Hebrew ; German: "the little one") is a small town in the municipality of Kannaland , Garden Route District , Western Cape Province in South Africa . The city with 4,659 inhabitants (as of 2011) is 350 kilometers east of Cape Town at 566 meters above sea level on Route 62 between Ladismith and Calitzdorp .

history

Zoar was founded in 1817 by PJ Joubert on the Elandsfontein farm for the South African Missionary Society . He administered the mission station until 1833. Then the administration was transferred to two missionaries of the Berlin Mission Society . In 1843 Zoar officially went to this society. In 1856 Zoar was returned to the South African Missionary Society . The neighboring village of Amalienstein is also a former mission station of the Berlin Mission Society.

Others

Originally, Zoar referred to a small town in the southern Jordan plain . This city is already mentioned in the Bible . Lot , Abraham's nephew, found refuge there.

Also in 1817 the Zoar settlement in the US state of Ohio was founded by radical pietists from Württemberg .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 24, 2013