Dithakong

Dithakong
A hut in Dithakong
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Coordinates: 27°05′S 23°51′E / 27.083°S 23.850°E / -27.083; 23.850
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Joe Morolong
Area [1]
• Total	12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,691
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	96.3%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	8604

Dithakong is the name of a place east of Kuruman in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which had been a major destination for several of the earliest nineteenth century expeditions from the Cape to the interior of the subcontinent. In colonial literature the name is often rendered in such ways as Litakun, also Litakoo or Lattakoo.