Mothibistad

Mothibistad
Mothibistad
Coordinates	27 ° 23 '59 "  S , 23 ° 29' 0"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 23 '59 "  S , 23 ° 29' 0"  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	North Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
local community	Ga-Segonyana
height	1328 m
surface	5.5 km²
Residents	9616 (2011)
density	1,751.5  Ew. / km²

Mothibistad is a place in the South African province of North Cape (Northern Cape). It is located in the Ga-Segonyana parish in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district . Mothibistad is the administrative seat of the northern community of Joe Morolong .

geography

In 2011 Mothibistad had 9,616 inhabitants. Around 88 percent said Setswana was their mother tongue. The place is in a flat environment. Kuruman is around nine kilometers southwest . Like other surrounding settlements, Mothibistad was built as a township settlement.

history

Until 1994 Mothibistad was in the homeland of Bophuthatswana . After its dissolution it became the province of Northwest and in 2006 the province of North Cape. The place was named after the plant Euphorbia ingens , a species of euphorbia, that lived there .

traffic

Mothibistad is close to the N14 which runs through Kuruman.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 census , accessed April 23, 2017