Loerie, South Africa

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

Loerie
Loerie is located in Eastern Cape
Loerie
Loerie
Loerie is located in South Africa
Loerie
Loerie
Coordinates: 33.873°S 25.030°E / -33.873; 25.030
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityKouga
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 African37.7%
 • Coloured59.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White1.7%
 • Other0.8%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Afrikaans67.0%
 • Xhosa28.2%
 • English2.3%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6370
PO box
6370
Area code042

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]

References
  1. "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
  • Loerie Quo Vadis, 'n Kultuur Historiese Oorsig, deur Theo Vosloo. p. 5
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