Saron is a town in the

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province of

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. A Mission Station can be found at the foot of the Saronsberg in the Tulbagh district, about 20 km south of Porterville. The Mission Station was established by the

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in 1848 by Johannes Heinrich Kulpmann, for Mission Station Purposes only, it was later taken over by the

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in 1945. The name, Afrikaans for Sharon, is of biblical origin (, ), meaning 'flats' or ‘plain’. On 30 November 2013, Heritage Western Cape declared the historic core of the Saron Mission Station as a

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. Saron has its name written on the side of the Saronsberg which can be seen from an aerial view.Google maps satellite view
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5. Purpose of Saron Mission Station. {{Cape Winelands District Municipality Populated places in the Drakenstein Local Municipality 1848 establishments in the Cape Colony