Leydsdorp

Leydsdorp
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Coordinates: 23°59′42″S 30°31′16″E / 23.995°S 30.521°E / -23.995; 30.521Coordinates: 23°59′42″S 30°31′16″E / 23.995°S 30.521°E / -23.995; 30.521
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Municipality	Ba-Phalaborwa
Established	1890
Area
• Total	0.79 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	6
• Density	7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	100.0%
First languages (2011)
• Tsonga	100.0%

Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Ghost town 11 km south-west of Gravelotte and 53 km south-east of Tzaneen. It developed from a gold-mining camp and was proclaimed in 1890, but was virtually abandoned when gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand. Named after Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940), State Secretary of the South African Republic from 1888 to 1897.

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