Olifantshoek
Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Olifantshoek is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Village 60 km north-west of Postmasburg and 80 km south-west of Kuruman. It developed from a police post and is administered by a village management board. The name is Afrikaans and means "elephants corner" or "elephants glen", referring to elephant skeletons found there. It may also be translated from Tswana "ditlou".[1]
References
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 348.
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Municipalities and communities of John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape | ||
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District seat: Kuruman | ||
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