Bochum, Limpopo

Bochum
Senwabarwana
Bochum

 Bochum shown within Limpopo

Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E / -23.271; 29.123Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E / -23.271; 29.123
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Capricorn
Municipality Blouberg
 • Mayor (ANC)
Area[1]
 • Total 17.30 km2 (6.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 6,777
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 98.2%
 • Coloured 0.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.7%
 • Other 1.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Northern Sotho 89.4%
 • English 2.1%
 • Venda 2.0%
 • Tsonga 1.3%
 • Other 5.2%
Postal code (street) 0790
PO box 0790
Area code 015

Bochum (also known as Senwabarwana) is a town in Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Settlement some 93 km north-west of Pietersburg, on the route to Doringpad. A corruption of Bochim, a biblical name (Judges 2:1 and 5), given by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helen to a mission station they established there in 1890.[2] Helen and Franz named the first major hospital there that used to cater for people with leprosy. The hospital is now known as Helen-Franz hospital. The hospital offers basic primary health care. It has a bad reputation because of its high mortality rates stats and it's often referred by old people as "the hospital of death ". Famously found by a strong black businessman named Mr Stanley Thema, who initially started the very first building in the area and later expanded to businesses, Bochum is now one of the fastest-growing rural areas in the world. The place is also known for its diverse people from places as far as Ga-Malebogo and Dendron. It is under the rule of kgosi Malebogo Schools in Bochum Phala Secondary School Phagamang secondary school Schoongezight secondary school Kgolothwane secondary school Primary Schools Kgebetli Senwabarwana

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Bochum". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 85.
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