Hectorspruit

Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.

Hectorspruit
Emjejane
A street in Hectorspruit
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Coordinates: 25°26′S 31°41′E / 25.433°S 31.683°E / -25.433; 31.683
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Nkomazi
Area ^[1]
• Total	10.26 km^2 (3.96 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,096
• Density	300/km^2 (780/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	77.9%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	20.8%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Swati	55.0%
• Afrikaans	18.6%
• Tsonga	17.0%
• English	4.1%
• Other	5.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	1330
Area code	013

Hamlet some 30 km west of Komatipoort and 80 km north-east of Pigg's Peak. The hamlet is named after a tributary of the Crocodile River, the Hectorspruit, which is said to take its name from a hunting dog that died there after being bitten by a tsetse fly.^[2]

The hamlet was officially renamed in 2005 to Emjejane (SiSwati) after late Chief Mjejane Ngomane.

References

1. "Main Place Emjejane". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 202.