Humansdorp is a small town and surrounding district in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

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, with a population of around 29,000 during the census of 2011. It is part of the

Kouga Local Municipality The Kouga Local Municipality is located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, approximately 80 km west of Port Elizabeth, and forms part of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality. Its territory includes the coastal zone between the Van Stad ...

of the Sarah Baartman District. The town is the centre of the district's light industry and farming. Humansdorp was founded in 1849, and was named after Johannes Jurie Human and Matthys Gerhardus Human, who were joint founders of the

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congregation there. The town's residential streets are lined with trees that were planted before the

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by then-mayor Ambrose Saffery. The

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passes through Humansdorp.

Notable residents

* Heinrich Schörbeck (alias

Hendrik Spoorbek Heinrich Schörbeck (alias Hendrik Spoorbek/Skoorbek; Born in Dortmund, Germany – Died 13 June 1845 in Tsitsikamma, South Africa) was a seer, healer and magician who settled in South Africa around 1811. In Afrikaner legends he is commonly known a ...

/Skoorbek), seer and magician *

Cornelia Bürki Cornelia Bürki (born 3 October 1953) is a South African-born retired long-distance runner who represented Switzerland in three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1980, with her best result being fifth in the 1984 3000 metres final. She is ...

, Olympic athlete *

Sergeal Petersen Sergeal Phillipe Petersen (born 1 August 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His regular position is winger. Rugby Youth Rugby Petersen played for the at all youth levels, representing ...

, rugby union player *

Ricardo Groenewald Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugue ...

, musician *

Manie Libbok Immanuel Libbok (born 15 July 1997) is a South African International rugby union player for the Springboks and in United Rugby Championship in the Currie Cup. He is a utility back that can play as a fullback, fly-half, winger or centre. Rugby ...

, rugby union player

References

External links

Kouga Municipality
{{Authority control Populated places in the Kouga Local Municipality 1849 establishments in the Cape Colony