Groblersdal

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

Groblersdal
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Groblersdal
Groblersdal
Coordinates: 25°09′S 29°23′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictSekhukhune
MunicipalityElias Motsoaledi
Area
  Total5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation
920 m (3,020 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total4,329
  Density750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African47.3%
  Coloured0.8%
  Indian/Asian3.6%
  White47.6%
  Other0.7%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans30.1%
  Northern Sotho35.3%
  English7.0%
  Zulu3.5%
  Other24.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0470
PO box
0470
Area code013
Websitehttps://www.limpopo-info.co.za/provinces/town/667/groblersdal

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.

Notable people from Groblersdal include Roma Blecher, noted philanthropist and Shakespeare scholar, and South African Test bowler Duanne Olivier (born 1992). Groblersdal is under The Great Elis Motswaledi municipality. The are also new settlement like Masakaneng Towndship

See also

References

  1. "Main Place Groblersdal". Census 2011.


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