Jansenville
Jansenville | |
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Jansenville Jansenville Jansenville | |
| Coordinates: 32°36′S 24°40′E / 32.600°S 24.667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Dr Beyers Naudé |
| Established | 1855 |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.9 km2 (9.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,612 |
| • Density | 225/km2 (584/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 42.9% |
| • Coloured | 48.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 7.8% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 65.4% |
| • Xhosa | 30.7% |
| • English | 1.7% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6265 |
| PO box | 6265 |
| Area code | 049 |
Jansenville is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The town is on the Sundays River, 87 km south of Graaff-Reinet. Laid out on the farm Vergenoegd in 1854, it was proclaimed in 1855 and became a municipality in 1881. Said to have been named after General Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838), the last Batavian Governor of the Cape.