Geysdorp
Place in North West, South Africa
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Geysdorp Nkwane is a farming town in Tswaing Local Municipality in the North West province of South Africa, it has 2 Schools (Old HTS Geysdorp, Duikerbos), Garage station, Silos, mini suburb cottages, new location (Duikerbos) and village(Boschrand). The town is in the former Western Transvaal, some 24 km south-west of Delareyville.
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| Coordinates: 26.533°S 25.3°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
| Municipality | Tswaing |
| Established | 1895 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.58 km2 (1.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,365 |
| • Density | 381/km2 (988/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.0% |
| • Coloured | 2.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 1.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 91.1% |
| • Sotho | 2.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.1% |
| • Zulu | 1.2% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 2771 |
| Area code | 053 |
History
It was laid out in 1895 on the farm "Paardefontein".[2]: 317 Probably named after Commandant Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius (1837-1893), Administrator of the Boer republic of Goshen.[3]
