Mogwadi, formerly Dendron, is a small town on the R521 road in the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Mogwadi
Dendron | |
|---|---|
  Mogwadi  Mogwadi | |
| Coordinates: 23°22′05″S 29°19′23″E / 23.368°S 29.323°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Capricorn |
| Municipality | Molemole |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,045 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 94.4% |
| • Coloured | 1.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 3.5% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 83.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 3.5% |
| • English | 2.9% |
| • Zulu | 2.1% |
| • Other | 8.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0715 |
| Area code | 015 |
Located about 61 km northwest of Polokwane. It was laid out on the farm Duitsland and then managed by a health committee. The former name is derived from the Greek word for ‘tree’ and refers to the abundance of indigenous trees in the area.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Mogwadi". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Technology Council. p. 134.
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