Rietfontein Explained

Rietfontein
Pushpin Map:South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Coordinates:-26.7333°N 20.0333°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Northern Cape
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:ZF Mgcawu
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Dawid Kruiper
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.80
Population Total:2293
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:5,6%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:92.5%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:1.0%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:0,5%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0,3%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:25.5%
Demographics2 Title2:Sign language
Demographics2 Info2:1.4%
Demographics2 Title3:English
Demographics2 Info3:1.0%
Demographics2 Title4:Tswana
Demographics2 Info4:75.0%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:1.1%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:8811
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:8811
Area Code Type:Area code

Rietfontein is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost with Namibia during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from south-east Namibia via Aroab on the C16 main road.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Rietfontein . Census 2011.