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Leeudoringstad (Afrikaans for Lion thorn city) is a small farming town situated on the main Cape Town - Johannesburg railway line in North West Province of South Africa.

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town
Dialing code
018
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postal code
2640
inception
1822-01-01
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Leeudoringstad (Afrikaans for Lion thorn city) is a small farming town situated on the main Cape Town - Johannesburg railway line in North West Province of South Africa.

==Origin== Leeudoringstad was established on the farm Rietkuil on the 6 December 1920 and named after the Lion-thorn, the African Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens).

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