Leeudoringstad is a small farming town situated at the intersection of the R502 and R504 Regional Routes in the North West Province of South Africa. The town is located on the main Cape Town – Johannesburg railway line.
The town’s name Leeudoringstad means, “Lion thorn city” in Afrikaans.
Leeudoringstad under the Maquassi Hills Local Municipality in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality of North West Province.
Leeudoringstad was established in 1920 and named after the Lion-thorn, a species of thorn bush that grows abundantly in the area.
The town made headlines when, in 1932, a train carrying around 300 tons of dynamite from the De Beers factory at Somerset West to the Witwatersrand exploded and flattened the town. Fortunately, only five people died in the incident and visitors can find information and photographs of the disaster in the town museum.
Today, Leeudoringstad hosts the headquarters of Suidwes Landbou, one of the largest agricultural companies in South Africa.