Ladismith is a town and agricultural centre in the western Klein Karoo region of South Africa's Western Cape province. In 1852 the farm Elandsvlei was set aside for the town, and it became a municipality in 1862. It was named after Lady Juana María Smith.It is situated adjacent to a series of fertile, irrigated valleys, at an altitude of 550 m above sealevel, at the southern base of the Swartberg. It is currently included in the southern Kannaland Local Municipality.