Laersdrif

Laersdrif
Laersdrif

 Laersdrif shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 25°21′58″S 29°51′25″E / 25.366°S 29.857°ECoordinates: 25°21′58″S 29°51′25″E / 25.366°S 29.857°E
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Sekhukhune
Municipality Elias Motsoaledi
Area[1]
 • Total 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,218
 • Density 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 96.1%
 • Coloured 0.9%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 2.6%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Northern Sotho 49.1%
 • S. Ndebele 38.0%
 • Zulu 4.7%
 • Afrikaans 3.6%
 • Other 4.6%
PO box 1065
Area code 013

Laersdrif is a town in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Town on the Steelpoort River, 27 km southwest of Roossenekal, 72 km northeast of Middelburg and 11 km north east of Stoffberg. It was founded in 1907 on the farms Swartkoppies and De Lagersdrift, and proclaimed a township in July 1953. It takes its name from the latter farm, which in turn was named after a ford (Afrikaans drif, Dutch drift) at which a Boer commando laagered during the Mapoch War of 1882; a laager is laer in Afrikaans.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Laersdrif". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 269. Retrieved 28 August 2013.