Soebatsfontein

Soebatsfontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Soebatsfontein
Soebatsfontein is located in Northern Cape
Soebatsfontein
Soebatsfontein
Soebatsfontein is located in South Africa
Soebatsfontein
Soebatsfontein
Coordinates: 30.117°S 17.583°E / -30.117; 17.583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictNamakwa
MunicipalityKamiesberg
Area
  Total0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total276
  Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Coloured97.8%
  Indian/Asian0.4%
  White1.8%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans96.4%
  Tswana1.8%
  Other1.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
8257

Settlement 80 km south-west of Springbok and 48 km north-west of Kamieskroon. The name, Afrikaans for ‘begging or pleading fountain’, dates from an incident about 1898 in which Hendrik S(t)ievert, a farmhand, was murdered by San in spite of his begging for mercy.[2]

References

  1. "Main Place Soebatsfontein". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 409.


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