Delportshoop | |
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Coordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Frances Baard |
Municipality | Dikgatlong |
Established | 1871 |
Area | |
• Total | 67.8 km2 (26.2 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 10,346 |
• Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 30.9% |
• Coloured | 33.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
• White | 2.9% |
• Other | 31.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 49.4% |
• Afrikaans | 43.0% |
• English | 1.9% |
• Zulu | 1.2% |
• Other | 4.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8377 |
PO box | 8377 |
Area code | 053 |
Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies next to the Vaal River. The Harts River runs by closely.
Early settlement
[edit]It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.[2]
Name
[edit]Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope” . The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais were told a story that the first diamond was find by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.[3]
Schools
[edit]• Delportshoop Primary School [4]
• Dikgatlong Secondary School [5]
• Francis Mohapanele Primary School[6]
• Delportshoop High School[7] Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school
Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme
[edit]The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.
Tswana names
[edit]Two Tswana names for Delportshoop are encountered, namely Tsineng, also spelt Tsining, Tsening, Tsenin and Tsoneng, and Dekgathlong, also spelt Dekhath-long, Dekatlong, Dekgathlong, Dikgatlhong, Likatlong and Likhat-lhong. The latter name means ‘meeting-place’, referring to the confluence of the Vaal and Harts rivers there.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Delportshoop and Tidimalo from Census 2011.
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 134.
- ^ "Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Delportshoop Primêre Skool". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Dikgatlong Secondary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Francis Mohapanele Primary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Hoërskool Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.