Mookgophong, formerly known as Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.
It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there.[2] The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.[3]
mookgophong, formerly, known, naboomspruit, town, limpopo, province, south, africa, town, located, approximately, north, east, modimolle, south, west, mokopane, naboomspruitshow, limpoposhow, south, africacoordinates, 717countrysouth, africaprovincelimpopodist. Mookgophong formerly known as Naboomspruit is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa The town is located approximately 42 km north east of Modimolle and 51 km south west of Mokopane Mookgophong NaboomspruitMookgophongShow map of LimpopoMookgophongShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 24 31 S 28 43 E 24 517 S 28 717 E 24 517 28 717CountrySouth AfricaProvinceLimpopoDistrictWaterbergMunicipalityModimolle MookgophongEstablished1907 Councillor ANC Area 1 Total27 18 km2 10 49 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total24 853 Density910 km2 2 400 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African88 1 Coloured0 4 Indian Asian0 2 White10 9 Other0 5 First languages 2011 1 Northern Sotho56 3 Tsonga13 7 Afrikaans10 9 Sotho6 1 Other12 9 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 0560PO box0560Area code014History editIt was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919 The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen euphorbia tree stream after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there 2 The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006 by the South African government 3 References edit a b c d Main Place Mookgophong Census 2011 Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 325 Old place names Archived 2010 02 08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Mookgophong amp oldid 1215229276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
