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.
Delportshoop | |
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  Delportshoop  Delportshoop | |
| Coordinates: 28°25′00″S 24°18′00″E / 28.416667°S 24.3°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Municipality | Dikgatlong |
| Established | 1871 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.8 km2 (26.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,346 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 30.9% |
| • Coloured | 33.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 2.9% |
| • Other | 31.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 49.4% |
| • Afrikaans | 43.0% |
| • English | 1.9% |
| • Zulu | 1.2% |
| • Other | 4.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8377 |
| PO box | 8377 |
| Area code | 053 |
Early settlement
editIt 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.[2]
Name
editDelportshoop 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’’.[3]
Schools
edit• Delportshoop Primary School [4]
• Dikgatlong Secondary School [5]
• Francis Mohapanele Primary School[6]
• Delportshoop High School[7] Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school
Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme
editThe Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.
Tswana names
editTwo 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.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Delportshoop and Tidimalo from Census 2011.
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 134.
- ^ "Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Delportshoop Primêre Skool". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Dikgatlong Secondary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Francis Mohapanele Primary School". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Hoërskool Delportshoop". Retrieved 31 May 2018.