Spoegrivier
Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
30°20′28″S 17°45′36″E / 30.341°S 17.760°E / -30.341; 17.760 (2011)[1]
Spoegrivier is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Town some 13 km west-north-west of Karkams and 46 km east of Hondeklipbaai. It takes its name from the non-perennial stream which rises north of it and extends south and then west to enter the Atlantic Ocean 20 km south-east of Hondeklipbaai. Afrikaans for ‘spit river’, the name is probably translated from Khoekhoen Kanoep, referring to a disease affecting cattle.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Spoegrivier". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 413.
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Municipalities and communities of Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape
District seat: Springbok
![Namakwa District within South Africa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Namakwa_highlighted_%282011%29.svg/150px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Namakwa_highlighted_%282011%29.svg.png)
- Garies
- Hondeklip Bay
- Kamieskroon
- Karkams
- Koingnaas
- Leliefontein
- Soebatsfontein
- Spoegrivier
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