Leydsdorp

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Leydsdorp

| image_skyline = Leydsdorp abandoned hotel.jpg

| image_caption = Abandoned hotel in Leydsdorp

| pushpin_map = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|23.995|S|30.521|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Mopani

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Ba-Phalaborwa

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1890

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/963017 |title = Main Place Leydsdorp |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.79

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 6

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 100.0%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

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| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 =

| demographics1_title4 = White

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| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Tsonga

| demographics2_info1 = 100.0%

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| demographics2_title5 = Other

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| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

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| postal2_code_type = PO box

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| area_code_type = Area code

}}

Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.chimoyo.co.za/leydsdorp.php|title=Leydsdorp – Some Interesting Facts|accessdate=2019-01-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808193843/http://www.chimoyo.co.za/leydsdorp.php|archivedate=2009-08-08|df=dmy-all}}

This ghost town is {{convert|11|km}} south-west of Gravelotte and {{convert|53|km}} south-east of Tzaneen. It developed from a gold-mining camp and was proclaimed in 1890, but was virtually abandoned when gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand. Named after Willem Johannes Leyds (1859–1940), state secretary of the South African Republic from 1888 to 1897.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=277}}