| Delportshoop | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -28.4167°N 24.3°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Frances Baard |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dikgatlong |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1871 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 67.8 |
| Population Total: | 10346 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 30.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 33.4% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.0% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.9% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 31.9% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 49.4% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 43.0% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.9% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.2% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 8377 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 8377 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 053 |
Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies next to the Vaal River. The Harts River runs by closely.
It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.
Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope” . The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais were told a story that the first diamond was find by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.[2]
• Delportshoop Primary School [3]
• Dikgatlong Secondary School [4]
• Francis Mohapanele Primary School[5]
• Delportshoop High School[6] Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school
The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.
Two Tswana names for Delportshoop are encountered, namely Tsineng, also spelt Tsining, Tsening, Tsenin and Tsoneng, and Dekgathlong, also spelt Dekhath-long, Dekatlong, Dekgathlong, Dikgatlhong, Likatlong and Likhat-lhong. The latter name means ‘meeting-place’, referring to the confluence of the Vaal and Harts rivers there.[7]