Rooiberg
Place in Limpopo, South Africa
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Rooiberg is a town in Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
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| Coordinates: 24.776°S 27.738°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Waterberg |
| Municipality | Thabazimbi |
| Area | |
• Total | 43.98 km2 (16.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,310 |
| • Density | 52.5/km2 (136/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 10.8% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 65.1% |
| • Afrikaans | 10.3% |
| • Northern Sotho | 9.0% |
| • Tsonga | 4.5% |
| • Other | 11.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 0500 |
| Area code | 014 |
Town, archaeological site and tin-mining area, 50 km (31 mi) west-north-west of Warmbad, at the conjunction of the Springbok Flats with the Waterberg Plateau. The name is Afrikaans for "red mountain".[2]
