Petrusville

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Petrusville
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Petrusville
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Petrusville
Coordinates: 30°5′S24°39′E / 30.083°S 24.650°E / -30.083; 24.650 Coordinates: 30°5′S24°39′E / 30.083°S 24.650°E / -30.083; 24.650
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Pixley ka Seme
Municipality Renosterberg
Area
[1]
  Total58.60 km2 (22.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total5,211
  Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 40.0%
   Coloured 56.6%
   Indian/Asian 0.8%
   White 2.1%
  Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 63.3%
   Xhosa 31.4%
   Sotho 1.9%
   English 1.7%
  Other1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
8770
PO box
8770
Area code 053

Petrusville is a village in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa, located in the Northern Cape province.

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 bought it in 1810 and donated a portion of it to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1822. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Petrusville". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 364.