Willowmore

Willowmore is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Willowmore
Town hall
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Coordinates: 33°17′S 23°29′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Area [1]
• Total	21.74 km2 (8.39 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	7,678
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	10.0%
• Coloured	86.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	3.0%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	94.6%
• Xhosa	3.2%
• English	1.2%
• Other	1.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6445
PO box	6445
Area code	044

Willowmore is situated 140 km north-east of the town of Knysna and 117 km south-west of Aberdeen. It was laid out in 1862 on the farm The Willows. It is uncertain whether the name is derived from this farm name and that of its owner, William Moore, or from the maiden name of Petronella Catharina Lehmkuhl and a willow-tree near her house.^[2]