Groblersdal

Groblersdal

Town limit sign
Groblersdal
Groblersdal
Groblersdal

 Groblersdal shown within Limpopo

Coordinates: 25°09′S 29°23′E / 25.150°S 29.383°E / -25.150; 29.383Coordinates: 25°09′S 29°23′E / 25.150°S 29.383°E / -25.150; 29.383
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Sekhukhune
Municipality Elias Motsoaledi
Area[1]
 • Total 5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation 920 m (3,020 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 4,329
 • Density 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 47.3%
 • Coloured 0.8%
 • Indian/Asian 3.6%
 • White 47.6%
 • Other 0.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 50.1%
 • Northern Sotho 25.3%
 • English 7.0%
 • Zulu 3.5%
 • Other 14.2%
Postal code (street) 0470
PO box 0470
Area code 013

Groblersdal is a farming town situated 32 km north of the 178 million m³ Loskop Dam in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo.

The town is South Africa's second largest irrigation settlement. The main crops in this man-made floodplain are cotton, tobacco, citrus fruit, table grapes, maize, wheat, vegetables, sunflower seeds, peanuts, lucerne and peaches, although not in order of importance as some previously leading crops e.g. tobacco, have made way for others such as grapes.

Groblersdal was laid out on the farm "Klipbank" taking advantage of the Loskop Dam, and named after the original owner WJ Grobler.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Groblersdal". Census 2011.


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