Mookgophong

Mookgophong Naboomspruit
Mookgophong Location of the town in Limpopo
Mookgophong
Coordinates: 24°31′S 28°43′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Municipality	Mookgopong
Area
• Total	7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	11,311
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)
• Black African	72.5%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	27.3%
First languages (2001)
• Northern Sotho	50.9%
• Afrikaans	27.1%
• Tsonga	13.2%
• Southern Ndebele	3.3%
• Other	5.5%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)

Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established in 1910 when tin was discovered here. Later, platinum was also discovered in the vicinity.

Naboomspruit was originally named for the profusion of euphorbia trees (known in Afrikaans as naboom) growing on the banks of a nearby stream (spruit, in Afrikaans). The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government .

Demography

According to the 2007 community Survey conducted by Statistics South Africa, the population of the greater Mookgopong Local Municipality, which incorporates Naboomspruit, is 16,820, of which 78.0% are Black African, 21.3% white,0.6% Asian and 0,1 Coloured. The white population is likely to have been undercounted , a common problem with the countings.^{[citation needed]}