Saulspoort | |
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Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
District | Bojanala |
Municipality | Moses Kotane |
Area | |
• Total | 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 11,220 |
• Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.5% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 86.4% |
• English | 3.3% |
• Zulu | 2.1% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.5% |
• Other | 6.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0318 |
PO box | 0318 |
Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng)[2] is a village in South Africa, at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg. It was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers.[3]
It was established when Henri Gonin, a Swiss missionary with the Dutch Reformed Church preaching to the baKgatla tribe, moved to Saulspoort farm, which was owned by the later president Paul Kruger; Kruger eventually sold the farm to Gonin in 1869.[4] In 1895 the baKgatla purchased most of Saulspoort from Gonin.[5]
Moruleng and Saulspoort mean the same village and the names are frequently used interchangeably…