Zoar (South Africa)
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Coordinates | 33 ° 29 ′ S , 21 ° 26 ′ E | |
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Country | South Africa | |
Western cape | ||
District | Garden Route | |
ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | |
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
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 24, 2013