Jan Kempdorp (D 10)

Name: Jan Kempdorp

Source: http://www.sa-meanders.co.za/pubphp/town.php?x_town_id=643

This was originally known as Andalusia named in honour of the Spanish Andalusia donkeys that were worked on the irrigation project. This settlement was the headquarters for the officials involved with the scheme. During the Second World War, the town hosted the site of an internment camp for Nazi sympathisers as well as a vast depot that was constructed to store ammunition in case of a coastal invasion. The settlement was renamed after Jan Kempdorp, the Minister of Agriculture, in 1954.



North of Kimberley, 21km from Warrenton (turn off the N12 onto the R49), part of the Vaalharts Valley

Region: Diamond Fields

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Source: http://www.northerncape.org.za/getting_around/towns/Jan%20Kempdorp/
Burial Sites
The grave sites of German and other soldiers from the Second World War can be found at Jan Kempdorp.
Poplar Lane
The 38 kilometre poplar lane along the road to Hartswater, was planted in 1937 and has often been considered the longest lane of its kind in the world.


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