Delportshoop
Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
The village resides at the confluence of the Harts and Vaal rivers. It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp and is said to have given the name after the first person to find diamonds there. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.[1]
Two 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.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 134.
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Municipalities and communities of Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape | ||
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District seat: Kimberley | ||
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