Piet Plessis

Piet Plessis is a small town in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies adjacent to rural road R377. The nearest larger city, and business hub, is Vryburg which is about 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south. The Botswana border lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Piet Plessis. It was founded in 1839 by a group of Trekboers led by Piet Plessis of Laingsburg, Western Cape. From 1969 it was the site of a MGM-29 Sergeant Ballistic Missile battery of the SADF, co located with three Infantry Companies of the 5 SAI, a Medium Artillery battery, and an SAAF Forward Radar and Signals Squadron.

Piet Plessis
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Coordinates: 26°10′S 24°25′E / 26.167°S 24.417°E / -26.167; 24.417
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Municipality	Kagisano/Molopo
Area ^[1]
• Total	13.65 km^2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,655
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	95.8%
• Coloured	1.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	2.2%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Tswana	91.5%
• Afrikaans	4.1%
• English	2.1%
• Zulu	1.1%
• Other	1.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	8621
Area code	053

References

1. "Main Place Piet Plessis". Census 2011.