Jan Kempdorp

Coordinates: 27°55′10″S 24°50′10″E / 27.91944°S 24.83611°E / -27.91944; 24.83611
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Jan Kempdorp
PO box
8550
Area code053

Jan Kempdorp is an agricultural town situated in the centre of the

Christiana in North West
province.

History

Jan Kempdorp was laid out on the farm Andalusia and at first bore that name. During the

Transvaal provinces ran through the town, making it the only town in South Africa that was in two provinces. This also led to confusion about the administration until in 1964 it was decided by Parliament that the town would be deemed to fall in the Cape for legal purposes.[2]

When new provincial boundaries were drawn in 1994, Jan Kempdorp was still divided, now between the Northern Cape and North West provinces. The whole of the town was, however, included in the cross-border Phokwane Local Municipality. In 2006 cross-border municipalities were eliminated and the whole of the town was included in the Northern Cape.

During South Africa's Border War Jan Kempdorp was the location of a munitions store, guarded 24 hours a day by National Servicemen who were first required to be of a lowered medical classification.

Demographics

According to the

Afrikaans, 10% spoke Xhosa, 2% spoke Sotho and 2% spoke English.[1]

Transport

Jan Kempdorp is located on the

Mahikeng and the Botswana
border. It is also situated on a railway line that branches from the Kimberley–Johannesburg main line at Fourteen Streams and runs parallel to the N18 to Mahikeng and Botswana.

Notable natives and residents

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Main Place Jan Kempdorp". Census 2011.
  2. ISBN 0947042067
    .
  3. ^ "Juanita de Villiers" - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5862036/


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