The town is 18 km north of Tzaneen. Surveyed in 1919 and proclaimed in 1920, it was administered by a village management board. The Sunland Baobab tree, that was located nearby, lost a large chunk of its main stem early in 2017 and the rest of the tree fell into pieces in April 2017.
The town was named in honour of Rain Queen Modjadji, hereditary ruler of the Balobedu people, the indigenous people of the area and at some stage the only ruling queen in South Africa.
The former name Duiwelskloof, Afrikaans for "Devil's ravine", was possibly given by virtue of the rugged, awe inspiring aspect, or because of the difficulty with which laden wagons trekked through it in the rainy season. Duiwelskloof was renamed Modjadjiskloof on 14 June 2004. Unlike most name changes, Duiwelskloof kept the Afrikaans suffix "-kloof" (meaning valley) in its new name.
modjadjiskloof, formerly, duiwelskloof, small, town, situated, foot, escarpment, limpopo, province, south, africa, duiwelskloofshow, limpoposhow, south, africacoordinates, 133countrysouth, africaprovincelimpopodistrictmopanimunicipalitygreater, letabaarea, tot. Modjadjiskloof formerly Duiwelskloof is a small town situated at the foot of the escarpment in the Limpopo province of South Africa Modjadjiskloof DuiwelskloofModjadjiskloofShow map of LimpopoModjadjiskloofShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 23 42 S 30 08 E 23 700 S 30 133 E 23 700 30 133CountrySouth AfricaProvinceLimpopoDistrictMopaniMunicipalityGreater LetabaArea 1 Total2 99 km2 1 15 sq mi Elevation875 m 2 871 ft Population 2011 1 Total1 815 Density610 km2 1 600 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African47 4 Coloured0 5 Indian Asian2 8 White47 9 Other1 5 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans43 7 Northern Sotho23 3 English12 3 Tsonga9 7 Other11 0 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 0835PO box0835Area code015The town is 18 km north of Tzaneen Surveyed in 1919 and proclaimed in 1920 it was administered by a village management board The Sunland Baobab tree that was located nearby lost a large chunk of its main stem early in 2017 and the rest of the tree fell into pieces in April 2017 The town was named in honour of Rain Queen Modjadji hereditary ruler of the Balobedu people the indigenous people of the area and at some stage the only ruling queen in South Africa Name change editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Modjadjiskloof news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The former name Duiwelskloof Afrikaans for Devil s ravine was possibly given by virtue of the rugged awe inspiring aspect or because of the difficulty with which laden wagons trekked through it in the rainy season Duiwelskloof was renamed Modjadjiskloof on 14 June 2004 Unlike most name changes Duiwelskloof kept the Afrikaans suffix kloof meaning valley in its new name References edit a b c d Main Place Modjadjiskloof Census 2011 nbsp This Limpopo location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Modjadjiskloof amp oldid 1169050394, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
