Boskop
title: "Boskop" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-jb-marks-local-municipality"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-jb-marks-local-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boskop" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Boskop |
| pushpin_map | South Africa North West#South Africa |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | South Africa |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | North West |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Dr Kenneth Kaunda |
| subdivision_type3 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name3 | JB Marks |
| subdivision_type4 | Main Place |
| established_title | Established |
| leader_title | Councillor |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 18.09 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 184 |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| demographics_type1 | Racial makeup (2011) |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Black African |
| demographics1_info1 | 85.3% |
| demographics1_title2 | Coloured |
| demographics1_info2 | 6.0% |
| demographics1_title3 | Indian/Asian |
| demographics1_title4 | White |
| demographics1_info4 | 8.2% |
| demographics1_title5 | Other |
| demographics1_info5 | 0.5% |
| demographics_type2 | First languages (2011) |
| demographics2_footnotes | |
| demographics2_title1 | Tswana |
| demographics2_info1 | 37.5% |
| demographics2_title2 | Afrikaans |
| demographics2_info2 | 19.6% |
| demographics2_title3 | Xhosa |
| demographics2_info3 | 14.1% |
| demographics2_title4 | Zulu |
| demographics2_info4 | 10.9% |
| demographics2_title5 | Other |
| demographics2_info5 | 17.9% |
| timezone1 | SAST |
| utc_offset1 | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code (street) |
| postal2_code_type | PO box |
| postal2_code | 2528 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| :: |
| name = Boskop | pushpin_map = South Africa North West#South Africa | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North West | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Dr Kenneth Kaunda | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = JB Marks | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 18.09 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 184 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 85.3% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 6.0% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 8.2% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.5% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = Tswana | demographics2_info1 = 37.5% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 19.6% | demographics2_title3 = Xhosa | demographics2_info3 = 14.1% | demographics2_title4 = Zulu | demographics2_info4 = 10.9% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 17.9% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 2528 | area_code_type = Area code
Boskop is a small village 16 km north of Potchefstroom. In 1913, the Boskop Man was found here, the first local anatomically modern human skull to be discovered. Consisting only of a post office and railway station on the route Potchefstroom-Welverdiend, the name is Afrikaans and means 'bush hill'.
References
References
- "Main Place Boskop". Census 2011.
- Raper, Peter E.. (1987). "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names". Internet Archive.
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