Vivo | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -23.043°N 29.277°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Capricorn |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Blouberg |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 308 |
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) |
Postal Code: | 0924 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 0924 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 015 |
Vivo is a small farming town in the Blouberg Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality in the northern part of Limpopo province, South Africa.
The town lies south of the Brak River, in a gap between the Soutpansberg and the Blouberg Range, some 72 km west of Louis Trichardt. The name is thought to be derived from Sepedi Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: phefo, ‘cold wind’, though it has been stated that the hills resemble the spelling of ‘Vivo’ when seen from a certain angle.[2] The towns located closest to Vivo are Alldays and Makhado. The main economic activities in the area are mining, farming and conservation. The town once had a boarding school that hosted local farm children as well as various others from bigger cities as far as Johannesburg. Known as a military-type institution with very poor conditions for students, the school closed in the mid-1990s. The school with full primary school and secondary school facilities with a hostel reopened and is fully functional. The town has a post office, a filling station and a small convenience store. For larger purchases residents would have to travel to one of the neighbouring towns.