Zoar, Western Cape

Zoar
Zoar
Zoar
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 Zoar shown within Western Cape

Coordinates: 33°29′S 21°26′E / 33.483°S 21.433°E / -33.483; 21.433Coordinates: 33°29′S 21°26′E / 33.483°S 21.433°E / -33.483; 21.433
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
District Eden
Municipality Kannaland
Established 1817
Area[1]
 • Total 49.10 km2 (18.96 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 4,659
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 4.0%
 • Coloured 95.0%
 • Indian/Asian 0.4%
 • White 0.2%
 • Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 96.9%
 • English 1.5%
 • Other 1.6%
PO box 6656
Area code 028

Zoar is a settlement in Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Village and mission station 21 km east of Ladismith. It was founded by the South African Missionary Society on the farm Elandsfontein in 1817 and named after Zoar on the Red Sea, mentioned in the Bible (Gen. 14:2-8). The name at first meant ‘insignificance’, but when Lot fled thither from Sodom, it acquired the meaning of ‘refuge’, ‘haven’.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Zoar". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 486.
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