Dorp (town)
Dorp is a village or small town, in the Dutch communities of countries such as Netherlands, Suriname, Belgian Flanders and South Africa. In some places, a dorp is also a local government area or municipality, which may also administer one or more separate, smaller settlements, such as hamlets.
As a Dutch language term, dorp is also used in Afrikaans which originated from 17th Century Dutch. It is often used in South African English, in which it is a loanword from Afrikaans.
Roger Ballen photographed the dorps of South Africa while touring the country as a geologist in the 1980s. His photographs evoke the character of these small towns of the apartheid era.<ref nameBallen/> Other artistic works which are based on these Calvinist communities founded by the Boers include Stephen Black's 1920 novel, The Dorp and Herman Charles Bosman's 1977 novel Willemsdorp.<ref nameSnyman/>
As a Dutch language term, dorp is also used in Afrikaans which originated from 17th Century Dutch. It is often used in South African English, in which it is a loanword from Afrikaans.
Roger Ballen photographed the dorps of South Africa while touring the country as a geologist in the 1980s. His photographs evoke the character of these small towns of the apartheid era.<ref nameBallen/> Other artistic works which are based on these Calvinist communities founded by the Boers include Stephen Black's 1920 novel, The Dorp and Herman Charles Bosman's 1977 novel Willemsdorp.<ref nameSnyman/>
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