Kareedouw

{{Short description|Town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa}}

{{Redirect|Uitkyk|the town in the North West province of South Africa|Uitkyk, North West}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kareedouw

| image_skyline = KAREEDOUW NG KERK.jpg

| image_caption = Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk church in Kareedouw

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|33|57|7|S|24|17|22|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Sarah Baartman

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Kou-Kamma

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/269006 |title = Main Place Kareedouw |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 15.10

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 4985

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 32.8%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 56.5%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 9.5%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.0%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 72.6%

| demographics2_title2 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info2 = 22.1%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 2.4%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 2.9%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 6400

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 6400

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 042

}}

Kareedouw (English: Kareedowns) is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre for the Kou-Kamma Municipality in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape.

History

The town's name derives from the Khoi phrase "karee" meaning "praise". The town was established by white settlers around the year 1750.{{cite web|url=http://www.openafrica.org/route/langkloof-route |title=Langkloof Route |publisher=Open Africa |date=2002-07-08 |access-date=2013-12-30}}

Tourism

Kareedouw is the gateway to the Langkloof Mountains; 120 km from Gqeberha. It nestles between the Tsitsikamma and Suuranys Mountains. A popular activity is 4x4 trips through the Suurveld, Kouga and Baviaanskloof Wilderness areas, canoe trips on the Kouga River, and camping and hiking trails.{{cite web|url=http://www.essentialtravelinfo.com/accommodation/four_star_hotels/southern_africa/south_africa/eastern_cape/kareedouw/index.html |title=Four Star Hotels in Kareedouw |publisher=Essential Travel Info |date=2012-08-31 |access-date=2013-12-30}}{{cite web |url=http://www.privateproperty.co.za/4_property_for_sale/6_Eastern_Cape/39_EC_Jeffreys_Bay_to_Tsitsikamma/354_kareedouw_land_for_sale_E12444.htm |title=800m2 Land for Sale in Kareedouw | Property EC Jeffreys Bay to Tsitsikamma | Ref: E12444 |website=www.privateproperty.co.za |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909104137/http://www.privateproperty.co.za/4_property_for_sale/6_Eastern_Cape/39_EC_Jeffreys_Bay_to_Tsitsikamma/354_kareedouw_land_for_sale_E12444.htm |archive-date=9 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}[http://www.aatravel.co.za/staticnew/towns/kareedouw.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629075710/http://www.aatravel.co.za/staticnew/towns/kareedouw.html |date=29 June 2008 }}

Notable residents

One important person connected to the town is John Vorster, prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, who had a house on the coast and is buried in the cemetery next to the Dutch Reformed Church.[http://www.leisurewheels.com/modules_fe/layout1/displayFullNews.asp?newsID=746&nrid=8 ]{{dead link|date=December 2013}}

Balthazar Johannes Vorster lies buried under a large black marble slab in "heroes' acre" in the remote Eastern Cape town of Kareedouw, at the foot of the Langkloof. ... As late as 2002, the Kareedouw hospital still treated black and white patients at separate entrances...{{cite web|url=http://www.anarkismo.net/article/4928 |title=Ghost of apartheid haunts George - PW Botha's town |publisher=Anarkismo |access-date=2013-12-30}}

Locations

There is a Kareedouw Peak and a Kareedouw Pass.http://www.aluka.org/action/doBrowse?sa=1&sa=1&br=tax-epithets-derived%7Cnamed-as%7C-no_t-&t=149937&cookieSet=1{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Tsitsikamma mountains are a mountain range located in the Garden Route region of the southern South African coast in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. They stretch just over 80 km from the Keurbooms River in the west just north of Plettenberg Bay, to Kareedouw Pass in the east.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsitsikammamountainreserve.com/fact.html |title=TSITSIKAMMA Mountain Reserve |access-date=2013-12-30}} The Formosa Conservation Area is adjacent to the Jagersbos farm, about 15 km west of Kareedouw.{{cite web |url=http://academic.sun.ac.za/botzoo/tolley/Tolley%20and%20Burger%20AJH%2053%282%29%20123-133.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=academic.sun.ac.za |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824155735/http://academic.sun.ac.za/botzoo/tolley/Tolley%20and%20Burger%20AJH%2053%282%29%20123-133.pdf |archive-date=24 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}

There are medical and pharmaceutical facilities, the provincial B.J. Vorster Hospital, a public library, and a Lutheran Missionary Monument at or near Kareedouw.[http://www.sanparks.co.za/parks/tsitsikamma/all.php ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412034316/http://www.sanparks.co.za/parks/tsitsikamma/all.php |date=12 April 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.eskom.co.za/content/Nuclear%25201%2520FSR%2520Ch%25201%2520Introduction.pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711214542/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Hga-4bIGdKgJ:www.eskom.co.za/content/Nuclear%25201%2520FSR%2520Ch%25201%2520Introduction.pdf+kareedouw+history&cd=45&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=opera |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |title=Background |publisher=Archive.is |date=2006-04-21 |access-date=2013-12-30 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cacadu.co.za/municipality/article/59/exploring_in_the_cacadu_district/ |access-date=20 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125051933/http://www.cacadu.co.za/municipality/article/59/Exploring_in_the_Cacadu_district/ |title=Exploring in the Cacadu district |archive-date=25 January 2008 }}

References

Category:Populated places in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality