Hotazel is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Hotazel | |
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Coordinates: 27°12′S 22°57′E / 27.200°S 22.950°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
Municipality | Joe Morolong |
Area | |
• Total | 20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,756 |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 61.8% |
• Coloured | 14.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
• White | 22.6% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 48.8% |
• Afrikaans | 37.9% |
• English | 5.0% |
• Sotho | 2.8% |
• Other | 5.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8490 |
PO box | 8490 |
Area code | 053 |
The town serves the manganese mines, 147 km (91 mi) north of Postmasburg and 46 km (28.6 mi) north-west of Kuruman. It takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on 'hot as hell', referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed and the generally torrid climate surrounding the area.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Hotazel". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, R.E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Human Science Research Council. p. 214.