Hartbeesfontein
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 45 '54 " S , 26 ° 25' 31" E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| northwest | |||
| District | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NW | ||
| local community | City of Matlosana | ||
| height | 1449 m | ||
| surface | 6.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 1467 (2011) | ||
| density | 230.3 Ew. / km² | ||
Hartbeesfontein ( Afrikaans ; sometimes Hartebeesfontein ; German about " Kuhantilopenquelle ") is a place in the South African province of northwest (North West). It belongs to the Local Municipality City of Matlosana in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District .
geography
Attribution of the Main Place is Hartbeesfontein B . In 2011 Hartbeesfontein B had 1,467 inhabitants. The northern township settlement of Tigano has 17,942 inhabitants.
Geologically located in Hartbeesfontein basin Hartbeesfontein or KOSH basin (named after the four cities, including Hartbeesfontein), which in neoarchean emerged. Immediately to the north-west of the city is an approximately 100-meter-high mountain range that runs in a south-west-north-east direction and continues as a plateau to the north and west. Tigano lies on this plateau.
history
A battle took place during the Second Boer War on the Hartbeesfontein Poort pass, which is around 160 meters above the village . By 1974, the South African Broadcasting Corporation had 18 larger transmission masts built across the country, including in Hartbeesfontein.
traffic
The trunk roads R503, which leads in the south-east to Klerksdorp , and the R507, which leads from Ottosdal in the south-west to the north-east, cross in Hartbeesfontein. The place has a train station on the branch line Klerksdarp – Ottosdal, which is only operated in freight traffic.
Web links
- Information about Hartbeesfontein on the website " N12 Treasure Route" (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrian Frith: Census 2011 , accessed on January 20, 2020
- ^ WP Karpeta: Volcanism and sedimentation in part of a Late Archaean rift: the Hartbeesfontein basin, Transvaal, South Africa. (1993) onlinelibrary.wiley.com (English)
- ^ Hartbeesfontein History. hartbeesfontein.co.za, accessed January 20, 2020
- ^ Carin Bevan: A history of television in South Africa. (2009) repository.ac.za (English; PDF)