Roossenekal

Place in Limpopo, South Africa

25°11′42″S 29°55′30″E / 25.195°S 29.925°E / -25.195; 29.925CountrySouth AfricaProvinceLimpopoDistrictSekhukhuneMunicipalityElias MotsoalediArea

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• Total2.52 km² (0.97 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total2,625 • Density1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African92.5% • Coloured0.7% • Indian/Asian0.5% • White6.1% • Other0.3%First languages (2011)

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• Northern Sotho67.3% • S. Ndebele8.8% • Afrikaans6.3% • Zulu3.3% • Other14.3%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box

1066

Area code013

Roossenekal is a town in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Village on the western slopes of the Steenkampsberg, 95 km north-east of Middelburg. It was proclaimed in January 1886 and named after two soldiers who died in the war against Mapoch's tribe - Stefanus Johannes Roos, Field-Cornet of the Potchefstroom commando, and Frederick Senekal, Commandant of the Rustenburg commando.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Roossenekal". Census 2011.
^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 391.