Boitumelong Explained

Boitumelong
Pushpin Map:South Africa North West#South Africa
Coordinates:-27.64°N 25.57°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North West
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Lekwa-Teemane
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3.08
Population Total:23155
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:95.1%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:3.8%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:0.4%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:0.4%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.4%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Tswana
Demographics2 Info1:75.2%
Demographics2 Title2:Sotho
Demographics2 Info2:7.9%
Demographics2 Title3:Xhosa
Demographics2 Info3:7.6%
Demographics2 Title4:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info4:3.2%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:6.1%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:2662
Area Code Type:Area code

Boitumelong is a town in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.

Township 5 km from Bloemhof, on the farm Klipfontein No HO 344. Tswana, meaning ‘place of happiness’, from thefact that the residents were happy to move to the new township.[2] since after 1994 people who were living in the nearby farms started to flock to Boitumelong for permanent residence, just before the name Boitumelong, there were people living nearby in a small residence named Makweteng those were people whom already moved out of their respective farms and ready to be given a permission to move in Boitumelong. Boitumelong since then has started expanding and is divided into 12 sections and still developing and some of the Big businesses has found their place of business near the location and it boost the economy of Bloemhof and nearby farms also contributes in developing and helping to stabilize the economy of Bloemhof and Boitumelong.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Boitumelong . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 86.