Delportshoop
| Delportshoop | |
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  Delportshoop Delportshoop shown within South Africa
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| Coordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°ECoordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Municipality | Dikgatlong |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 67.8 km2 (26.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,346 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 30.9% |
| • Coloured | 33.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 2.9% |
| • Other | 31.9% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • Tswana | 49.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 43.0% |
| • English | 1.9% |
| • Zulu | 1.2% |
| • Other | 4.6% |
| Postal code (street) | 8377 |
| PO box | 8377 |
| Area code | 053 |
Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Village at the confluence of the Harts and Vaal rivers. It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp and is said to have given the name after the first person to find diamonds there. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sum of the Main Places Delportshoop and Tidimalo from Census 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 134.
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