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Rooiberg

Coordinates: 24°46′34″S 27°44′17″E / 24.776°S 27.738°E / -24.776; 27.738
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Rooiberg
Rooiberg is located in Limpopo
Rooiberg
Rooiberg
Rooiberg is located in South Africa
Rooiberg
Rooiberg
Coordinates: 24°46′34″S 27°44′17″E / 24.776°S 27.738°E / -24.776; 27.738
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictWaterberg
MunicipalityThabazimbi
Area
 • Total43.98 km2 (16.98 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,310
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African88.4%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White10.8%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana65.1%
 • Afrikaans10.3%
 • Northern Sotho9.0%
 • Tsonga4.5%
 • Other11.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
0500
Area code014

Rooiberg is a town in Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Town, archaeological site and tin-mining area, 50 km west-north-west of Warmbad, at the conjunction of the Springbok Flats with the Waterberg Plateau. The name is Afrikaans for ‘red mountain’.[2]

References

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