Buffelshoek | |
|---|---|
| Bolla-Tau | |
  Buffelshoek  Buffelshoek | |
| Coordinates: 24°37′51″S 31°08′18″E / 24.63083°S 31.13833°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Ehlanzeni |
| Municipality | Bushbuckridge |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.70 km2 (4.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,703 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sepulana | 92.0% |
| • Shangaan | 4.8% |
| • Sotho | 1.2% |
| • Other | 2.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Buffelshoek is a community in Bushbuckridge Local municipality (formerly known as Mapulaneng) in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The legal name was changed to Bolla-Tau in 2008.[2] [3]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Buffelshoek". Census 2011.
- ^ "Approved names, September 2000 – January 2010". Department of Arts and Culture, Government of South Africa. October 2010. Archived from the original (.xls) on 22 September 2011.
- ^ Lubbe, Johan & du Plessis, Theodorus (2014). South African Language Rights Monitor 2010: Ninth report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project / Negende verslag van die Suid-Afrikaanse Taalregtemonitor. Bloemfontein: Sun Media. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-920382-56-8.