Dikgatlong Local Municipality
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Dikgatlong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District
of the Northern Cape
in South Africa
. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts
and Vaal
rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.
Frances Baard District Municipality
Frances Baard is one of the 5 districts of Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Frances Baard is Kimberley. The majority of its 324 814 people speak Afrikaans . The district code is DC9....
of the Northern Cape
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts
Harts River
The Harts River is a northern tributary of the Vaal River, which in turn is the largest tributary of the Orange River ....
and Vaal
Vaal River
The Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa. The river has its source in the Drakensberg mountains in Mpumalanga, east of Johannesburg and about 30 km north of Ermelo and only about 240 km from the Indian Ocean. It then flows westwards to its conjunction...
rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.