Place:Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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NameDordrecht
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates31.367°S 27.05°E
Located inEastern Cape, South Africa
Also located inCape, South Africa    
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Dordrecht is a town situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by Baron Smiddolff (later changed to Smithdorff), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. The town was named for the city of the same name in the South-Western Netherlands and had a population of about 8,741 people in 2001.

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