Eendekuil is a settlement in
West Coast District Municipality in the
Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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.
Situated 30 km (19 mi) north of
Piketberg, the village was the terminus of the Cape Town railway until the end of the
Anglo-Boer War, and it remains the
railhead
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for the
Citrusdal region, which lies on the other side of the
Olifants River.
References
Populated places in the Bergrivier Local Municipality
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