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.