Rooigrond

Place in North West, South Africa

25°55′19″S 25°48′07″E / 25.922°S 25.802°E / -25.922; 25.802CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorth WestDistrictNgaka Modiri MolemaMunicipalityMafikengArea

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• Total3.47 km² (1.34 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total2,810 • Density810/km² (2,100/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African88.6% • Coloured1.1% • Indian/Asian0.4% • White9.8% • Other0.1%First languages (2011)

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• Tswana78.3% • Afrikaans10.9% • English2.5% • S. Ndebele2.2% • Other6.1%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box

2743

Area code018

Rooigrond is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.

Hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under Adriaan de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Stellaland and Goshen.^[2] Rooigrond served as capital of the State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883.

References

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