Eksteenfontein
Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Eksteenfontein is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the edge of the Richtersveld World Heritage Site.[2]
Eksteenfontein | |
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Eksteenfontein | |
  Eksteenfontein Location within Northern Cape  Eksteenfontein Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 28.824°S 17.255°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Municipality | Richtersveld |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 531 |
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 0.9% |
| • Coloured | 89.3% |
| • Other | 9.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 94.5% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Tswana | 1.1% |
| • Other | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 8284 |
The locals are mostly of Baster ancestry, people of mixed blood who were forcibly removed from the white farming area near Pofadder in 1945.[2] The town was originally known as Stinkfontein (stinking spring), but was later renamed in honour of a Reverend Eksteen, the pastor who had helped the Baster in finding a new place to live.[2]
