Dibeng
Dibeng | |
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Coordinates: 27°35′00″S 22°53′00″E / 27.583333°S 22.883333°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
Municipality | Gamagara |
Area | |
• Total | 9.08 km2 (3.51 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,848 |
• Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 62.2% |
• Coloured | 30.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 6.5% |
• Other | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 48.5% |
• Afrikaans | 46.1% |
• English | 1.4% |
• Zulu | 1.0% |
• Other | 2.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 8463 |
PO box | 8463 |
Area code | 053 |
Dibeng is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, situated on the banks of the dry Gamagara River.[2] The name is Tswana in origin, from deben, and means "first drinking place".[3] Deben is a variant spelling.[4]
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