Rooigrond

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Rooigrond
Coordinates: 25°55′19″S25°48′07″E / 25.922°S 25.802°E / -25.922; 25.802 Coordinates: 25°55′19″S25°48′07″E / 25.922°S 25.802°E / -25.922; 25.802
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Ngaka Modiri Molema
Municipality Mafikeng
Area
[1]
  Total3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total2,810
  Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 88.6%
   Coloured 1.1%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 9.8%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Tswana 78.3%
   Afrikaans 10.9%
   English 2.5%
   S. Ndebele 2.2%
  Other6.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
2743
Area code 018

Rooigrond is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.

Hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under Adriaan de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Stellaland and Goshen. [2] Rooigrond served as capital of the State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Rooigrond". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.