Rietfontein is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost with Namibia during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from south-east Namibia via Aroab on the C16 main road.
Rietfontein | |
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  Rietfontein  Rietfontein | |
| Coordinates: 26°44′00″S 20°02′00″E / 26.7333°S 20.0333°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | ZF Mgcawu |
| Municipality | Dawid Kruiper |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,293 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 5,6% |
| • Coloured | 92.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 0,5% |
| • Other | 0,3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 25.5% |
| • Sign language | 1.4% |
| • English | 1.0% |
| • Tswana | 75.0% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8811 |
| PO box | 8811 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Rietfontein". Census 2011.
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