Soebatsfontein
Appearance
Soebatsfontein | |
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Coordinates: 30°07′01″S 17°34′59″E / 30.117°S 17.583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Namakwa |
Municipality | Kamiesberg |
Area | |
• Total | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 276 |
• Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Coloured | 97.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 1.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 96.4% |
• Tswana | 1.8% |
• Other | 1.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 8257 |
Soebatsfontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Settlement 80 km south-west of Springbok and 48 km north-west of Kamieskroon. The name, Afrikaans for ‘begging or pleading fountain’, dates from an incident about 1898 in which Hendrik S(t)ievert, a farmhand, was murdered by San in spite of his begging for mercy.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Soebatsfontein". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 409.