Mookgophong
Mookgophong
Naboomspruit | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Waterberg |
| Municipality | Mookgophong |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 11,311 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001) | |
| • Black African | 72.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian | 0.1% |
| • White | 27.3% |
| First languages (2001) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 50.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 27.1% |
| • Tsonga | 13.2% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 3.3% |
| • Other | 5.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Town 42km north-east of Nylstroom and 51km south-west of Potgietersrus. It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there.[2] The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government [3].
References
- ^ a b c d The figures are a sum of the census places Naboomspruit, Mookgophong.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 326.
- ^ [1]
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