It is 45 km north-east of Philipstown, 56 km south-east of Kraankuil and 10 km south of the Orange River. Founded about 1877 on the farm Rhenosterfontein and named after Petrus Jacobus van der Walt who had took it forcefully in 1810 and donated a portion of it to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1822.the new evidence that is gathered reflect that there were people who use to live in Petrusville before 1800 and its believed that Petrusville was the old soldiers camp. The evidence is the old cemetery situated behind izinyoka Revonia area and others in the plakkerskamp. There are tombstone shows that Petrusville was there since 1803.[2]
petrusville, village, eastern, karoo, region, south, africa, located, northern, cape, province, show, northern, capeshow, south, africacoordinates, 650countrysouth, africaprovincenorthern, capedistrictpixley, sememunicipalityrenosterbergarea, total58, populati. Petrusville is a village in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa located in the Northern Cape province PetrusvillePetrusvilleShow map of Northern CapePetrusvilleShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 30 5 S 24 39 E 30 083 S 24 650 E 30 083 24 650CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorthern CapeDistrictPixley ka SemeMunicipalityRenosterbergArea 1 Total58 60 km2 22 63 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total5 211 Density89 km2 230 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African40 0 Coloured56 6 Indian Asian0 8 White2 1 Other0 5 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans63 3 Xhosa31 4 Sotho1 9 English1 7 Other1 8 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 8770PO box8770Area code053It is 45 km north east of Philipstown 56 km south east of Kraankuil and 10 km south of the Orange River Founded about 1877 on the farm Rhenosterfontein and named after Petrus Jacobus van der Walt who had took it forcefully in 1810 and donated a portion of it to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1822 the new evidence that is gathered reflect that there were people who use to live in Petrusville before 1800 and its believed that Petrusville was the old soldiers camp The evidence is the old cemetery situated behind izinyoka Revonia area and others in the plakkerskamp There are tombstone shows that Petrusville was there since 1803 2 References edit a b c d Main Place Petrusville Census 2011 Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 364 Pictures taken by Aphiwe Ambrose Veli on Facebook nbsp This Northern Cape location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Petrusville amp oldid 1200773684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
