Leeudoringstad, North West

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Leeudoringstad is a small farming town situated on the main Cape Town - Johannesburg railway line in North West Province of South Africa.

Leeudoringstad was established in 1920 and named after the Lion-thorn tree. The town hit the headlines on 17 July 1932 when a train carrying 1200 tons of dynamite from the De Beers factory at Somerset West to the Witwatersrand exploded and flattened the town, luckily only 5 people were killed.

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Coordinates: 27°14′S, 26°14′E

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