Bushbuckridge
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Bushbuckridge is located in Mpumalanga
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Municipality | Bushbuckridge |
Established | 1884 |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,109 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 96.9% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.8% |
• Other | 1.0% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Northern Sotho | 32.4% |
• Tsonga | 22.4% |
• Sotho | 19.4% |
• Swazi | 9.0% |
• Other | 16.7% |
Postal code (street) | 1280 |
PO box | 1280 |
Bushbuckridge (Afrikaans: Bosbokrand) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa.[1] The name Bushbuck Ridge was given because of the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent WNW-ESE ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.[2] The town of Bushbuckridge grew around a trading store that opened in 1884.
The suburbs and rural areas to the south of Bushbuckridge constitute a "sub place", called Bushbuckridge NU with a 2011 population of 1070, covering 1,587.56 square kilometres (613 sq mi).[3]
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