Plooysburg Explained

Plooysburg
Pushpin Map:South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Coordinates:-29.0167°N 38°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Northern Cape
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Pixley ka Seme
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Siyancuma
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:594
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:8350
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:053

Plooysburg is a small town about 70 km west of Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is situated close to the Riet River. The town took it's name from the Du Plooy family, one of the original famlies of white selttlers.[2] With a church, school, police station and shop it serves a local farming and farm-worker community. Nearby is the rock art site of Driekops Eiland, and the Mokala National Park.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dwaf.gov.za/dir_ws/wsnis/default.asp?nStn=pg_reports&cid=3&SAID=&SASID=&Prov=5&cursecAuthorityCode=&curLinkID=&curYear=10&curEntityID=03C51M001&curReportID=208&curParams=@UserNr&curlevelid=4 Water Services National Information System - Community Report
  2. Web site: Morris . David . October 2002 . Driekopseiland and 'the rain's magic power': landscape and history in a new interpretation of a Northern Cape rock engraving site. . 18 November 2024 . CORE . 141.
  3. Morris, D. 2002. Driekopseiland and 'the rain's magic power': landscape and history in a new interpretation of a Northern Cape rock engraving site. MA dissertation, Dept Anthropology and Sociology, University of the Western Cape