Roossenekal

Roossenekal
Roossenekal
Roossenekal
Roossenekal

 Roossenekal shown within Limpopo

Coordinates: 25°11′42″S 29°55′30″E / 25.195°S 29.925°E / -25.195; 29.925Coordinates: 25°11′42″S 29°55′30″E / 25.195°S 29.925°E / -25.195; 29.925
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Sekhukhune
Municipality Elias Motsoaledi
Established 1886
Area[1]
 • Total 2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,625
 • Density 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 92.5%
 • Coloured 0.7%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 6.1%
 • Other 0.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Northern Sotho 67.3%
 • S. Ndebele 8.8%
 • Afrikaans 6.3%
 • Zulu 3.3%
 • Other 14.3%
PO box 1066
Area code 013

Roossenekal is a town in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Village on the western slopes of the Steenkampsberg, 95 km north-east of Middelburg. It was proclaimed in January 1886 and named after two soldiers who died in the war against Mapoch's tribe - Stefanus Johannes Roos, Field-Cornet of the Potchefstroom commando, and Frederick Senekal, Commandant of the Rustenburg commando.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Roossenekal". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.
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