Rooiberg

Rooiberg
Rooiberg

 Rooiberg shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 24°46′34″S 27°44′17″E / 24.776°S 27.738°ECoordinates: 24°46′34″S 27°44′17″E / 24.776°S 27.738°E
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Waterberg
Municipality Thabazimbi
Area[1]
  Total 43.98 km2 (16.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 2,310
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 88.4%
  Coloured 0.4%
  Indian/Asian 0.2%
  White 10.8%
  Other 0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Tswana 65.1%
  Afrikaans 10.3%
  Northern Sotho 9.0%
  Tsonga 4.5%
  Other 11.0%
PO box 0500
Area code 014

Rooiberg is a town in Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Town, archaeological site and tin-mining area, 50 km west-north-west of Warmbad, at the conjunction of the Springbok Flats with the Waterberg Plateau. The name is Afrikaans for ‘red mountain’.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sub Place Rooiberg". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.