Boekenhouthoek

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Boekenhouthoek
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Boekenhouthoek
Coordinates: 25°18′11″S29°00′54″E / 25.303°S 29.015°E / -25.303; 29.015 Coordinates: 25°18′11″S29°00′54″E / 25.303°S 29.015°E / -25.303; 29.015
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Municipality Thembisile Hani
Main Place Mkobola
Area
[1]
  Total5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [1]
  Total9,166
  Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 99.7%
   Indian/Asian 0.1%
   White 0.0%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Southern Ndebele 61.3%
   Zulu 16.5%
   Northern Sotho 6.6%
   Swazi 5.0%
  Other10.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Boekenhouthoek is a small village situated in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, it falls under the Nkangala District Municipality.

Mpumalanga Province of South Africa

Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa. The name means "east", or literally "the place where the sun rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area. It shares borders with the South African provinces of Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the southwest, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. The capital is Mbombela (Nelspruit).

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

Nkangala District Municipality District municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1 020 592 people is IsiNdebele. The district code is DC31.

Related Research Articles

Nansindlela School is a public school in the [[Boekenhouthoek]area, near the town of [Kwaggafontein]], [Mpumalanga Province]], South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Boekenhouthoek". Census 2011.