De Aar is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It has a population of around 42,000 inhabitants. [1] It is the second-most important railway junction in the country, situated on the line between Cape Town and Kimberley.

De Aar has its origins, unusually not as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church, but rather resulting from an Act of Parliament in Cape Town in 1881 which paved the way for the extension of the railway line from Beaufort West to De Aar and ultimately beyond to …

De Aar is the second most important railway junction in South Africa. In De Aar, the lines from the Eastern and Western Cape, the northern provinces, Zimbabwe and Namibia meet. The town has 110 km of track and a high traffic rate of trains every day.

De Aar is a major centre for the production and supply of the uniquely flavoured Karoo lamb and mutton. Apart from meat production, the sheep farms around De Aar are also major suppliers of wool. The history and presence of South Africa’s first people, the Khoisan or Bushmen are reflected in the ancient rock engravings on the Nooitgedacht and ...

De Aar is the second-most important railway junction in the country, with 110km of railway lines including 29 rail-tracks. De Aar boasts a weather station gathering climatic data which has literally put De Aar on the world map.

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Nice Karoo town in central North Cape. Friendly people and healthy area. Feel a lot healthier when visiting the area. Place is called De Aar (Afrikaans name ) that refers to the strong underground water that is one of the towns MAIN source of water.

The South African Town De Aar is situated in the Northern Cape Province on the rail line between Cape Town and Kimberley which was established in the late 19th century. It is the second most important rail junction in South Africa.

De Aar, the third largest town in the Northern Cape, is centrally located on the main railway line between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Namibia and tarred roads to surrounding towns. The junction was the second most important railway junction in South Africa, with 110km of railway lines including 29 rail-tracks.

De Aar is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. De Aar is the second-most important railway junction in the country, situated on the line between Cape Town and Kimberley. Major production activities of the area include wool production and livestock farming.