Bloemhof

Bloemhof is an agricultural town of about 2,000 inhabitants situated on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Bloemhof
Settlement.image_skyline: Station Bloemhof.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Bloemhof railway station
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa North West#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North West
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Lekwa-Teemane
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1864
Settlement.leader_title: councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 47.33
Settlement.population_total: 2339

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Elevation: 1236
Image: Station Bloemhof.JPG
Dialing code: 053

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inception: 1864-01-01
postal code: 2660
Commons category: Bloemhof, North West

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Bloemhof is an agricultural town of about 2,000 inhabitants situated on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa.

==History== It was founded in August 1864 when diamonds were discovered in the area. The town was established on the farm owned by John Barclay, who survived the shipwreck of HMS Birkenhead in 1852. Like Bloemfontein, the place is named after Jan Bloem II (also known as Blumtseb or !Xāskx'aob) who was the right hand to the chief of the ǀŨdiǁʼais (Springbok clan) of the !Orakuana ("Korana") nation. In June 1869, the South African Republic's Volksraad created a new district called Bloemhof named after the town itself. Currently Bloemhof has a variety of social milieus; it has a township called Boitumelong and former coloured residence called Coverdale. Salamat is also a small residence, formerly an Indian suburb, which is situated in this town.