Hotazel

Hotazel
Hotazel gate
Hotazel
 Hotazel shown within Northern Cape
Hotazel
Hotazel (South Africa)
Hotazel
Hotazel (Africa)
Coordinates: 27°12′S 22°57′E / 27.200°S 22.950°E / -27.200; 22.950Coordinates: 27°12′S 22°57′E / 27.200°S 22.950°E / -27.200; 22.950
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality Joe Morolong
Area[1]
 • Total 20.08 km2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,756
 • Density 87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 61.8%
 • Coloured 14.6%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 22.6%
 • Other 0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Tswana 48.8%
 • Afrikaans 37.9%
 • English 5.0%
 • Sotho 2.8%
 • Other 5.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street) 8490
PO box 8490
Area code 053

Hotazel is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

The town serves the manganese mines, 147 km north of Postmasburg and 46 km north-west of Kuruman. It takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on 'hot as hell', referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Hotazel". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 216.
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