Rooiberg Explained

Rooiberg
Pushpin Map:South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
Coordinates:-24.776°N 27.738°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limpopo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Waterberg
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Thabazimbi
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:43.98
Population Total:2310
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:88.4%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:0.4%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:0.2%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:10.8%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.2%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Tswana
Demographics2 Info1:65.1%
Demographics2 Title2:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info2:10.3%
Demographics2 Title3:Northern Sotho
Demographics2 Info3:9.0%
Demographics2 Title4:Tsonga
Demographics2 Info4:4.5%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:11.0%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:0500
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:014

Rooiberg is a town in Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Town, archaeological site and tin-mining area, 50 km west-north-west of Warmbad, at the conjunction of the Springbok Flats with the Waterberg Plateau. The name is Afrikaans for ‘red mountain’.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place Rooiberg . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 391.