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About Modimolle, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Modimolle (also known as Nylstroom) is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming (citrus, grapes and cattle) as well as wildlife and tourism. Nylstroom/Modimolle is also located approximately 135 kilometres north of Pretoria, South Africa's de facto capital city.

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Modimolle (formerly known as Nylstroom) is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. A town with abundant water supply, situated in a district in which fountains, marshes and streams create a lush, green scenery. Attractions include: Donkerpoort Dam, Modimolle Museum, Nylsvlei Bird and Nature Reserve, Old Locomotive, Old Reformed Church, Strijdom Nature Reserve

Modimolle is an entry point to the world renowned Waterberg Biosphere Reserve from the north and South. The area boosts large tracts of land which are now operating as Game farms. There is Taxidermy in the Modimolle town. Two Provincial Nature Reserves, the Doorndrai dam nature reserve, the Nylsvlei and the Marakele National nature reserve.

Modimolle History

In the 1860s, a Voortrekker group of Dutch religious zealots known as the Jerusalem Trekkers set off for the Holy Land. After discovering a river flowing northwards, they consulted the maps at the back of their Bibles and decided that it was the Nylrivier (Nile river). They settled the town and called it Nylstroom in 1866. After discovering what they believed to be a ruined pyramid, they were convinced that they had found the Nile. It was in fact, a natural hillock, known to the locals as Modimolle. A Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1889 and is the oldest church in sub-saharan Africa north of Pretoria. It was also used as a hospital during the Second Boer War.

The first railway line reached Nylstroom in 1898, connecting the town to Pretoria. During the Second Boer War, the British operated a concentration camp in Nylstroom, where Boer women and children where interned as part of the British Scorched Earth policy. This subsequently led to the loss of 544 lives at the Nylstroom concentration camp. Strijdom Huis (Strijdom House) was the primary residence of the 6th Prime Minister of South Africa, JG Strijdom, and is situated in Nylstroom

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