Mookgophong
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Mookgophong, formerly known as Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mookgophong
- Settlement.other_name
- Naboomspruit
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limpopo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Waterberg
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Modimolle–Mookgophong
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- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1907
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANC
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.18
- Settlement.population_total
- 24853
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Mookgophong, formerly known as Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.
==History== It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there. The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mookgophong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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