Joubertina is a small town in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District of the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...

province of South Africa.

Description

Town on the Wabooms River in the

Langkloof The Langkloof is a valley in South Africa, lying between Herold, a small village northeast of George, and The Heights – just beyond Twee Riviere. History The kloof was given its name by Isaq Schrijver in 1689, and more thoroughly explored ...

, some 50 km north-west of Assegaaibos, 70 km south-east of Avontuur and 213 km from

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal ...

. Joubertina was founded and introduced into the Langkloof community in 1907. Having secured a portion of the farm Onzer, in between the villages of Krakeel and Twee Riviere (both founded in 1765), a property development was launched there under the initiative of the Dutch Reformed Church. As the sale of erven around a newly erected church building gradually got underway in 1907, the future town was named in honour of W A Joubert, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Uniondale between 1878 and 1893. Joubertina is located on the R62 road in the

valley, approximately 5 km west of Twee Riviere, near the western extreme of the Eastern Cape. The town has a station on the narrow gauge

Avontuur Railway The Avontuur Railway is a closed railway line between Gqeberha and the town of Avontuur in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It is the longest narrow gauge route in the world at a length of . "Avontuur" is the Afrikaans a ...

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Routes.co.za Joubertina Travel Information
Populated places in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality Populated places established in 1907 {{EasternCape-geo-stub