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Belfast, Mpumalanga

Field	Value
name	Belfast
image_skyline	File:BergEnDalMemorial.JPG
image_caption	Battle of Berg-en-dal Memorial south of Belfast.
pushpin_map	South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Africa
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Mpumalanga
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Nkangala
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Emakhazeni
subdivision_type4	Main Place
established_title	Established
leader_title	Councillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	35.82
population_footnotes
population_total	4466
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->	demographics_type1	Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Black African
demographics1_info1	39.9%
demographics1_title2	Coloured
demographics1_info2	4.4%
demographics1_title3	Indian/Asian
demographics1_info3	2.6%
demographics1_title4	White
demographics1_info4	52.6%
demographics1_title5	Other
demographics1_info5	0.5%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->	demographics_type2	First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1	Afrikaans
demographics2_info1	57.1%
demographics2_title2	Zulu
demographics2_info2	12.3%
demographics2_title3	Swazi
demographics2_info3	7.6%
demographics2_title4	English
demographics2_info4	6.9%
demographics2_title5	Other
demographics2_info5	16.0%
<!-- Other information -->	timezone1	SAST
utc_offset1	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code (street)
postal_code	1100
postal2_code_type	PO box
postal2_code	1100
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	013
official_name	eMakhazeni

Belfast (also known as eMakhazeni) is a small town in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. It is situated in the eMakhazeni Local Municipality in the Nkangala District Municipality.

The town is renowned for its excellent trout fishing conditions. Sheep and dairy farming take place here as well as maize, potatoes and timber are produced. Coal and a black granite are mined around Belfast. Around 6 million tulip bulbs are produced here annually for export; the flowers are discarded. Belfast is 2,025 m above sea level and one of the coldest and highest towns in South Africa.

Etymology

The town was named after Richard Charles O'Neil from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who owned the farm on which the town was built.

History

Anglo-Boer War

The [[Second Boer War]], 1899-1902. Train, full of probably Boer refugees, at a British Army camp at Belfast.

During the Anglo-Boer War several battles and skirmishes took place in and around the town. The Battle of Leliefontein took place 30 km south of here at the Komati river, an engagement for which several Victoria Crosses were awarded to Canadian soldiers. The British built a concentration camp here during the Boer War to house Boer women and children. Several Victoria Crosses were awarded for action at Monument Hill which is on the edge of the town. During the war Meyer de Kock and his family resided in town. He was a member of the local peace committee and visited the Boer commandos to persuade them to surrender. He was convicted by them of high treason and executed by firing squad on 12 February 1901.

The Battle of Bergendal took place along the railway line east of the town Belfast in what was then the South African Republic. It lasted from 21 to 27 August 1900. The 7,000 Boers were under the command of General Louis Botha, whose headquarters were at a railway station called Dalmanutha. The 19,000 British Empire forces were under the overall command of Lord Roberts. General Sir Redvers Buller led the final assault against the Boer position on the farm Berg-en-dal (Hill-and-dale).

Geography

Climate

Belfast has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb, according to the Köppen climate classification), with mild summers and chilly, dry winters. The average annual precipitation is 674 mm, with most rainfall occurring during summer.

Infrastructure

This town has a railway station for the loading and unloading of passengers and cargo on the Pretoria–Maputo railway.

References

"Sub Place Belfast". Census 2011.
"Emakhazeni Local Municipality - Overview".
O'Neil, Owen Rowe. (2022). "Adventures in Swaziland: The Story of a South African Boer". DigiCat.
The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 33
Albert Blake, Boereverraaier, Tafelberg, 2010, p. 140 to 152.
Viljoen, Ben J., My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, Kindle edition, location 1285
[https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.4+Mozambique+Railway+Assessment Mozambique Logistics Infrastructure: Mozambique Railway Assessment] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-08-02 . Atlassian Confluence. 10 de dezembro de 2018.)
"The seven-year long construction of Delagoa Bay railway line starts.". South African History Online.

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