Loerie, South Africa
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Loerie (Loerieheuwel is a township situated in Loerie) is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
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| Coordinates: 33.873°S 25.030°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Kouga |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,787 |
| • Density | 1,010/km2 (2,610/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 37.7% |
| • Coloured | 59.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 1.7% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 67.0% |
| • Xhosa | 28.2% |
| • English | 2.3% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6370 |
| PO box | 6370 |
| Area code | 042 |
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]
