Loerie, South Africa

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Loerie
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Loerie
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Loerie
Coordinates: 33°52′23″S25°01′48″E / 33.873°S 25.030°E / -33.873; 25.030 Coordinates: 33°52′23″S25°01′48″E / 33.873°S 25.030°E / -33.873; 25.030
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Municipality Kouga
Area
[1]
  Total2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total2,787
  Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 37.7%
   Coloured 59.1%
   Indian/Asian 0.8%
   White 1.7%
  Other0.8%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 67.0%
   Xhosa 28.2%
   English 2.3%
  Other2.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6370
PO box
6370
Area code 042

Loerie (Loerieheuwel is a township situated in Loerie) is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Settlement some 25 km north-east of Jeffreys Bay and 11 km north-north-west of the mouth of the Gamtoos River. Said to take its name from the loeries or louries, a turaco species ( Tauraco corythaix ) occurring here. [2]

Loerie had a railway station on the Avontuur Railway which closed in 2011.

In 1930, the Eastern Province Cement Company opened a limestone quarry and built a 14 km cableway to transport the stone to the Loerie railway station where it was transhipped to the Avontuur Railway to be processed in a cement factory near Port Elizabeth. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Loerie". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 279.
  3. http://www.baviaans.net/index.php?page=information&region_id=3&town_id=4 Loerie history