Olifantshoek
Olifantshoek | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 27°56′S 22°44′E / 27.933°S 22.733°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Municipality | Gamagara |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.59 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 10,233 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 42.5% |
| • Coloured | 47.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 5.5% |
| • Other | 3.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 78.9% |
| • Tswana | 10.2% |
| • English | 2.1% |
| • Sotho | 1.3% |
| • Other | 7.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8450 |
| PO box | 8450 |
| Area code | 053 |
Olifantshoek is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The village is 60 km northwest of Postmasburg and 80 km southwest of Kuruman. It developed from a police post and is administered by a village management board. The name is of Afrikaans origin and means "elephants' corner" or "elephants' glen", referring to the many elephant skeletons that Dutch settlers found in the area. It may also be translated from Tswana "ditlou".