Delportshoop

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title: "Delportshoop" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-dikgatlong-local-municipality", "populated-places-established-in-1871", "vaal-river", "1871-establishments-in-the-cape-colony"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-dikgatlong-local-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delportshoop" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSouth Africa
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Northern Cape
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Frances Baard
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Dikgatlong
subdivision_type4Main Place
established_titleEstablished
established_date1871
leader_titleCouncillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km267.8
population_footnotes
population_total10346
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Black African
demographics1_info130.9%
demographics1_title2Coloured
demographics1_info233.4%
demographics1_title3Indian/Asian
demographics1_info31.0%
demographics1_title4White
demographics1_info42.9%
demographics1_title5Other
demographics1_info531.9%
demographics_type2First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1Tswana
demographics2_info149.4%
demographics2_title2Afrikaans
demographics2_info243.0%
demographics2_title3English
demographics2_info31.9%
demographics2_title4Zulu
demographics2_info41.2%
demographics2_title5Other
demographics2_info54.6%
timezone1SAST
utc_offset1+2
postal_code_typePostal code (street)
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| name = Delportshoop | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Northern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Frances Baard | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Dikgatlong | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | established_date = 1871 | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 67.8 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 10346 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 30.9% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 33.4% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 1.0% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 2.9% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 31.9% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = Tswana | demographics2_info1 = 49.4% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 43.0% | demographics2_title3 = English | demographics2_info3 = 1.9% | demographics2_title4 = Zulu | demographics2_info4 = 1.2% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 4.6% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 8377 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 8377 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 053 Delportshoop is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies next to the Vaal River. The Harts River runs by closely.

Early settlement

It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.

Name

Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope” . The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais were told a story that the first diamond was find by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.

Schools

• Delportshoop Primary School

• Dikgatlong Secondary School

• Francis Mohapanele Primary School

• Delportshoop High School Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school

Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme

The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.

Tswana names

Two Tswana names for Delportshoop are encountered, namely Tsineng, also spelt Tsining, Tsening, Tsenin and Tsoneng, and Dikgathlong, also spelt Dekhath-long, Dekatlong, Dekgathlong, Dikgatlhong, Makgatlhanong, Likatlong and Likhat-lhong. The latter name means ‘meeting-place’, referring to the confluence of the Vaal and Harts rivers there. Other commonly used Setswana names are Motse Moshate and Shate.

References

|Centre = Delportshoop |North = Warrenton |Northeast = |Northwest = |East = Windsorton |Southeast = Barkly West, Kimberley |South = Schmidtsdrift |Southwest = Douglas |West = Lime Acres

References

  1. Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/384005 Delportshoop] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/384006 Tidimalo] from Census 2011.
  2. "Delportshoop".
  3. "Delportshoop Primêre Skool".
  4. "Dikgatlong Secondary School".
  5. "Francis Mohapanele Primary School".
  6. "Hoërskool Delportshoop".
  7. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council.

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