Rooiberg

Place in Limpopo, South Africa
24°46′34″S 27°44′17″E / 24.776°S 27.738°E / -24.776; 27.738CountrySouth AfricaProvinceLimpopoDistrictWaterbergMunicipalityThabazimbiArea • Total43.98 km2 (16.98 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,310 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African88.4% • Coloured0.4% • Indian/Asian0.2% • White10.8% • Other0.2%First languages (2011) • Tswana65.1% • Afrikaans10.3% • Northern Sotho9.0% • Tsonga4.5% • Other11.0%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box
0500
Area code014

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Rooiberg". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.
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