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De Aar, Northern Cape Founded: 1870 It was the name of the farm on which the town was laid out. It means "the vein" and refers to a water vein or subterranean watercourse.

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List of references: Maeder, GA & Zinn, C. 1917. Ons kerk album van Hollandsche kerken en leeraren. Capetown: Cape Times. pp 103 Marais, Jacobus Johannes. 1977. De Aar : Stad in wording 1902-1977. De Aar: De Aar Vyf-en-sewentigjarige Feeskomitee. pp All Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pp 190 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp 50 Schoeman, Chris. 2013. Historical Karoo, The : Traces of the past in South Africa's arid interior. Cape Town: Zebra Press. pp 188-191 List of structures: Gereformeerde Kerk: 1925. Hotel: pre-1908. Market Hall: 1930. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Noord: 1955. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Suid: 1965. New Church: 1891. Old Mutual: 1929. Primary School, classrooms: 1936. School: 1930. South African Railways Administration Building: 1963. Town Hall: 1930. Volkskas Bank - now ABSA: 1954.