Kranshoek

Kranshoek is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Kranshoek
Kranshoek
Kranshoek
Coordinates: 34°05′28″S 23°18′23″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictGarden Route
MunicipalityBitou
Area
 • Total12.33 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,597
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African9.0%
 • Coloured53.4%
 • Indian/Asian1.0%
 • White0.5%
 • Other36.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans87.9%
 • Xhosa4.1%
 • English3.9%
 • Tswana1.0%
 • Other3.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6605

Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of Griqua trekkers under the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in Kokstad.[2] Le Fleur also founded the Griqua National Conference in 1904 and the Griqua Independent Church.[3] A local monument, erected in 1942, celebrates the early Griqua pioneers.[4]

References
  1. "Main Place Kranshoek". Census 2011.
  2. David Donald (2008-09-01). Call on the Wind. Jacana Media. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-77009-360-7.
  3. "Griqua identity" (PDF). UCT Libraries. Retrieved 15 September 2014. He spent his life campaigning for the restitution of Griqua land lost when the British colonial authorities annexed Griqualand East. […] This he did by establishing the Griqua Independent Church, as a counter to the European-controlled mission churches, launched over the Easter weekend in 1920 […] He also founded the Griqua National Conference in 1904, which became the official mouthpiece of the Griqua people[…]
  4. "Griqua identity" (PDF). UCT Libraries. Retrieved 15 September 2014. Significant events in the Griqua history are commemorated annually by way of special people‟s days, such as the birthday of Paramount Chief AAS le Fleur and the celebration of the unveiling of a monument erected in honour of the early Griqua pioneers at Kranshoek in 1942…
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