Dithakong

Dithakong
A hut in Dithakong
A hut in Dithakong
Dithakong is located in Northern Cape
Dithakong
Dithakong
Dithakong is located in South Africa
Dithakong
Dithakong
Coordinates: 27°05′S 23°51′E / 27.083°S 23.850°E / -27.083; 23.850
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
MunicipalityJoe Morolong
Area
 • Total12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,691
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • Other0.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana96.3%
 • Other3.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
8604
"The town of Leetakoo", 1801 painting
by
Samuel Daniell

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.

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