Hotazel

Hotazel is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Hotazel
Hotazel gate
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Coordinates: 27°12′S 22°57′E / 27.200°S 22.950°E / -27.200; 22.950Coordinates: 27°12′S 22°57′E / 27.200°S 22.950°E / -27.200; 22.950
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Joe Morolong
Area ^[1]
• Total	20.08 km^2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,756
• Density	87/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	61.8%
• Coloured	14.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	22.6%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Tswana	48.8%
• Afrikaans	37.9%
• English	5.0%
• Sotho	2.8%
• Other	5.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8490
PO box	8490
Area code	053

The town serves the manganese mines, 147 km (91 mi) north of Postmasburg and 46 km (28.6 mi) north-west of Kuruman. It takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on 'hot as hell', referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed and the generally torrid climate surrounding the area.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Hotazel". Census 2011.
2. Raper, R.E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Human Science Research Council. p. 214.