Alexandria

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Alexandria Municipality 046 648 2418

Alexandria is situated near the southern portion of the Addo National Park, and is an excellent base to explore the beautiful surrounds. To the south of the town lies the Addo Park, where unlike the areas to the north, this area is lush and is covered by indigenous and very thick coastal dune forests.
Alexandria is a centre of dairy and chicory farming. The town was founded on the farm Oliphantshoek meaning "elephants corner". Oliphantshoek was the most remote area of the Dutch Reformed Church parish of Uitenhage and the Scottish minister of the area, Alexander Smith who came to South Africa in 1823 regularly had to travel to the farm Kerkplaats on the farm of Evert Potgieter. On the 8^th January 1854 Olipantshoek became a separate congregation to Uitenhage which was 140kms away.

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