Mookgophong
Mookgophong | |
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![]() ![]() Mookgophong | |
Coordinates: 24°31′S 28°43′E / 24.517°S 28.717°ECoordinates: 24°31′S 28°43′E / 24.517°S 28.717°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Waterberg |
Municipality | Modimolle–Mookgophong |
Established | 1907 |
• Councillor | (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 24,853 |
• Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 88.1% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 10.9% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 56.3% |
• Tsonga | 13.7% |
• Afrikaans | 10.9% |
• Sotho | 6.1% |
• Other | 12.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0560 |
PO box | 0560 |
Area code | 014 |
Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.
History[]
It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there.[2] The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Main Place Mookgophong". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 325.
- ^ Old place names Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Populated places in the Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality
- Populated places established in 1907
- Limpopo geography stubs