Louterwater

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Louterwater | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.8|S|23.67|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Kou-Kamma Local Municipality|Kou-Kamma]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/269003 |title = Main Place Louterwater |work=Census 2011}} </ref> | area_total_km2 = 1.99 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 4829 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 27.4% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 70.3% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.1% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 1.0% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 1.1%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 74.2% | demographics2_title2 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info2 = 21.2% | demographics2_title3 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info3 = 1.7% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 2.8%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6435 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Louterwater''' is a town in [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of South Africa, located between [[Joubertina]] and [[Misgund]] on the [[R62 road (South Africa)|R62 road]].<ref name=ltwh>{{cite web|title=Louterwater Estate|url=http://www.louterwaterlandgoed.co.za/|publisher=Louterwater Estate|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref>

The town hosts a large apple and pear farm of the same name, which had been bought in 1961 by [[P. K. Le Roux]], then [[Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)|Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs]]; the farm is still owned by his descendants.<ref name=lehist>{{cite web|title=History of Louterwater Estate|url=http://www.louterwaterlandgoed.co.za/history.html|publisher=Louterwater Estate|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in the Kou-Kamma Local Municipality]]