Olifantshoek

Olifantshoek
Olifantshoek is located in Northern Cape
Olifantshoek
Olifantshoek
Olifantshoek is located in South Africa
Olifantshoek
Olifantshoek
Coordinates: 27°56′S 22°44′E / 27.933°S 22.733°E / -27.933; 22.733
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
MunicipalityGamagara
Area
 • Total66.59 km2 (25.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total10,233
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African42.5%
 • Coloured47.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White5.5%
 • Other3.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans78.9%
 • Tswana10.2%
 • English2.1%
 • Sotho1.3%
 • Other7.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
8450
PO box
8450
Area code053

Olifantshoek is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.

The village is 60 km northwest of Postmasburg and 80 km southwest of Kuruman. It developed from a police post and is administered by a village management board. The name is of Afrikaans origin and means "elephants' corner" or "elephants' glen", referring to the many elephant skeletons that Dutch settlers found in the area. It may also be translated from Tswana "ditlou".

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Olifantshoek". Census 2011.