The settlement was founded by 6 Trekboer families in 1832, led by the former Heemrad of Calvinia, Petrus van Zyl.[citation needed]
Between 1971 and 2001 it was the location of a Ballistic Missile Battery of the SADF, colocated with an Infantry Company plus a Heavy Mortar Platoon, an Armoured Squadron less one troop, and an advance Radar and Signals Squadron of the SAAF. The settlement also had its own Commando platoon of 21 Riflemen reinforced by the local SAP helicopter flight and Askari detachment. On October 24, 2020, a maximum temperature of 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) was registered.[2]
zylsrus, settlement, john, taolo, gaetsewe, district, municipality, northern, cape, province, south, africa, show, northern, capeshow, south, africacoordinates, 050countrysouth, africaprovincenorthern, capedistrictjohn, taolo, gaetsewemunicipalityjoe, morolong. Van Zylsrus is a settlement in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa Van ZylsrusVan ZylsrusVan ZylsrusShow map of Northern CapeVan ZylsrusShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 26 52 01 S 22 03 00 E 26 867 S 22 050 E 26 867 22 050CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorthern CapeDistrictJohn Taolo GaetseweMunicipalityJoe MorolongArea 1 Total0 90 km2 0 35 sq mi Population 2001 1 Total848 Density940 km2 2 400 sq mi Racial makeup 2001 1 Black African86 6 Coloured9 2 White4 2 First languages 2001 1 Tswana52 5 Afrikaans45 3 Southern Ndebele1 1 Sotho1 1 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST PO box8467Area code053It is also the nearest settlement to The Kalahari Meerkat Project the filming of nature TV shows such as Meerkat Manor The settlement was founded by 6 Trekboer families in 1832 led by the former Heemrad of Calvinia Petrus van Zyl citation needed Between 1971 and 2001 it was the location of a Ballistic Missile Battery of the SADF colocated with an Infantry Company plus a Heavy Mortar Platoon an Armoured Squadron less one troop and an advance Radar and Signals Squadron of the SAAF The settlement also had its own Commando platoon of 21 Riflemen reinforced by the local SAP helicopter flight and Askari detachment On October 24 2020 a maximum temperature of 43 3 C 109 9 F was registered 2 References edit a b c d Main Place Van Zylsrus Census 2001 68006 68329 Van Zylsrus ogimet com OGIMET 24 October 2020 Retrieved 24 October 2020 nbsp This Northern Cape location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Van Zylsrus amp oldid 1084907912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
