Northam | |
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Coordinates: 24°57′00″S 27°15′58″E / 24.950°S 27.266°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Waterberg |
Municipality | Thabazimbi |
Government | |
• Councillor | judy mogale (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,381 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 83.5% |
• Coloured | 2.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
• White | 12.6% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 42.2% |
• Afrikaans | 14.7% |
• English | 8.1% |
• Northern Sotho | 6.8% |
• Other | 28.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0360 |
PO box | 0360 |
Area code | 014 |
Northam is a town in the Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 54 km [2] south of Thabazimbi.
History
[edit]The town was proclaimed in 1946 by E.H.J. Fulls on the farm Leeukoppie, which belonged to H. Herd, and was originally one of a number of farms allocated to British veterans of the Anglo-Boer war.[3]
Economy
[edit]There are chrome and platinum mines in the area surrounding the town.[3]
Culture and contemporary life
[edit]Northam is also home to the South African music festival Oppikoppi.,[4]: 315 which attracts hundreds of artists and thousands of fans every year in August.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Northam". Census 2011.
- ^ "Travel distances". saexplorer. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Northham". SA-Venues. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ Erasmus, B.P.J. (2014). On Route in South Africa: Explore South Africa region by region. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 401. ISBN 9781920289805.