Mookgophong

Mookgophong Naboomspruit
Mookgophong Mookgophong
Coordinates: 24°31′S 28°43′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Municipality	Modimolle–Mookgophong
Established	1907
• Councillor	(ANC)
Area
• Total	27.18 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	24,853
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	88.1%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	10.9%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	56.3%
• Tsonga	13.7%
• Afrikaans	10.9%
• Sotho	6.1%
• Other	12.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0560
PO box	0560
Area code	014

Mookgophong, formerly known as Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.

History

It was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there. The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.