Ventersdorp

Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp is located in North West (South African province)
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp is located in South Africa
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp is located in Africa
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp
Coordinates: 26°19′S 26°49′E / 26.317°S 26.817°E / -26.317; 26.817
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
MunicipalityJB Marks
Established1866
Area
 • Total53.88 km2 (20.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total4,204
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African51.4%
 • Coloured5.5%
 • Indian/Asian2.3%
 • White40.2%
 • Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans46.6%
 • Tswana40.5%
 • English4.3%
 • Xhosa2.8%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2710
PO box
2710
Area code018

Ventersdorp is a town of about 4,200 people in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It was the seat of the defunct Ventersdorp Local Municipality until 2016.

Ventersdorp is centrally located, making it easier to access more prominent urban towns such as Klerksdorp, Lichtenburg, Potchefstroom and Rustenburg. The township (or Location) of Tshing houses most of the town's blacks and coloureds. Tshing has a diamond mine nearby that was owned by a town councillor in the early 1990s.[citation needed] Tshing Location has one high school: Thuto Boswa High School. The smaller township Toevlug has Coloured residents, some of whom have attend the former whites-only Afrikaans High School after the end of Apartheid since 1995.[citation needed]

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