Delportshoop

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Delportshoop
Delportshoop is located in Northern Cape
Delportshoop
Delportshoop
Coordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°E / -28.416667; 24.3Coordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°E / -28.416667; 24.3
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
MunicipalityDikgatlong
Established1871
Area
[1]
 • Total67.8 km2 (26.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total10,346
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African30.9%
 • Coloured33.4%
 • Indian/Asian1.0%
 • White2.9%
 • Other31.9%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Tswana49.4%
 • Afrikaans43.0%
 • English1.9%
 • Zulu1.2%
 • Other4.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
8377
PO box
8377
Area code053

Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies next to the Vaal River. The Harts River runs by closely.

Early settlement[]

It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.[2]

Name[]

Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope” . The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais were told a story that the first diamond was find by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.[3]

Schools[]

• Delportshoop Primary School [4]

• Dikgatlong Secondary School [5]

• Francis Mohapanele Primary School[6]

• Delportshoop High School[7] Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school

Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme[]

The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.

Tswana names[]

Two Tswana names for Delportshoop are encountered, namely Tsineng, also spelt Tsining, Tsening, Tsenin and Tsoneng, and Dekgathlong, also spelt Dekhath-long, Dekatlong, Dekgathlong, Dikgatlhong, Likatlong and Likhat-lhong. The latter name means ‘meeting-place’, referring to the confluence of the Vaal and Harts rivers there.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sum of the Main Places Delportshoop and Tidimalo from Census 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 134.
  3. ^ "Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Delportshoop Primêre Skool". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Dikgatlong Secondary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Francis Mohapanele Primary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Hoërskool Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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