{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Van Zylsrus | image_skyline = Graham Maclachlan - VAN ZYL'S RUS.jpg | image_caption = Van Zylsrus | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|26.867|S|22.050|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Northern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = John Taolo Gaetsewe | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Joe Morolong | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = {{#tag:ref |{{cite web |url=http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/39504 |title = Main Place Van Zylsrus |work=Census 2001}} |name=census2001}} | area_total_km2 = 0.90 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2001" /> | population_total = 848 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2001) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2001" /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 86.6% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 9.2% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 4.2% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = First languages (2001) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2001" /> | demographics2_title1 = Tswana | demographics2_info1 = 52.5% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 45.3% | demographics2_title3 = Southern Ndebele | demographics2_info3 = 1.1% | demographics2_title4 = Sotho | demographics2_info4 = 1.1% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 8467 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 053 }} '''Van Zylsrus''' is a settlement in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
It is also the nearest settlement to The Kalahari Meerkat Project, the filming of nature TV shows such as ''Meerkat Manor''.
The settlement was founded by 6 Trekboer families in 1832, led by the former Heemrad of Calvinia, Petrus van Zyl.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
Between 1971 and 2001 it was the location of a Ballistic Missile Battery of the SADF, colocated with an Infantry Company plus a Heavy Mortar Platoon, an Armoured Squadron less one troop, and an advance Radar and Signals Squadron of the SAAF. The settlement also had its own Commando platoon of 21 Riflemen reinforced by the local SAP helicopter flight and Askari detachment. On October 24, 2020, a maximum temperature of {{convert|43.3|C|1}} was registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=68329&ano=2020&mes=10&day=24&hora=12&min=0&ndays=30 |title=68006: 68329: Van Zylsrus |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=24 October 2020 |website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET|access-date=24 October 2020 |quote=}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality}}
Category:Populated places in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality
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