Louterwater is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, located between Joubertina and Misgund on the R62 road.[2]

Louterwater
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Coordinates: 33.8°S 23.67°E / -33.8; 23.67
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Kou-Kamma
Area [1]
• Total	1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,829
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	27.4%
• Coloured	70.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	1.0%
• Other	1.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	74.2%
• Xhosa	21.2%
• English	1.7%
• Other	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	6435

The town hosts a large apple and pear farm of the same name, which had been bought in 1961 by P. K. Le Roux, then Minister of Agriculture and Water Affairs; the farm is still owned by his descendants.[3]

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