Soekmekaar
Soekmekaar | |
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Soekmekaar Soekmekaar shown within South Africa | |
Coordinates: 23°29′44″S 29°55′45″E / 23.495556°S 29.929167°ECoordinates: 23°29′44″S 29°55′45″E / 23.495556°S 29.929167°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Capricorn |
Municipality | Molemole |
Established | 1916 |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 53.31 km2 (20.58 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,371 |
• Density | 44/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 96.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 2.7% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Northern Sotho | 73.4% |
• Venda | 8.0% |
• Tsonga | 6.9% |
• Afrikaans | 3.1% |
• Other | 8.6% |
Postal code (street) | 0810 |
PO box | 0810 |
Area code | 015 |
Soekmekaar (also known as Morebeng) is a settlement in Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Village some 65 km south-east of Louis Trichardt. Afrikaans for ‘look for each other’, the name has been explained in a variety of ways.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Soekmekaar". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 409.
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