Groblersdal
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Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km North of the 178 million m3 Loskop Dam in Mpumalanga. The town is South Africa's second largest irrigation settlement. The main crops in this man-made floodplain are cotton, tobacco, citrus fruit, table grapes, maize, wheat, vegetables, sunflower seeds, peanuts, lucerne and peaches.
Groblersdal was layout on the farm Klipbank as a result of Loskop Dam and named after the original owner WJ Grobler.
[edit] See also
- Ben Viljoen High School
- Jaco van der Westhuyzen
- Groblersdal Accommodation and tourist information