Rooigrond

Rooigrond
Rooigrond is located in North West (South African province)
Rooigrond
Rooigrond
Rooigrond is located in South Africa
Rooigrond
Rooigrond
Coordinates: 25°55′19″S 25°48′07″E / 25.922°S 25.802°E / -25.922; 25.802
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
MunicipalityMafikeng
Area
 • Total3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,810
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African88.6%
 • Coloured1.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White9.8%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana78.3%
 • Afrikaans10.9%
 • English2.5%
 • S. Ndebele2.2%
 • Other6.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
2743
Area code018

Rooigrond is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.

Hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under Adriaan de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Stellaland and Goshen.[2] Rooigrond served as capital of the State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883.

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Rooigrond". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.