Williston

Municipality

Municipality:
District Municipality:

Williston Tourism Bureau

Williston

Phone number: 02052--3

Williston is named after Hampden Willis, politician in the 1880s of the Cape Colony

Attractions

Also see the neighbouring towns

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History

The area in which Williston was founded was inhabited by a community of about 600 people of diverse origin and no real order. In 1845 a Rhenish mission station was establiseh to bring order to the community and first called Amandelboom after a wild almond tree under which the first missionaries pitched their tent. A town developed and became a municipality in 1881. It was renamed in 1919 to Williston.

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Climate

Arid

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Economy

Farming: sheep

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