Boitumelong is a town in
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality
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in the
North West
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province of
South Africa
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.
Township 5 km from
Bloemhof
Bloemhof is an agricultural town of about 2,000 inhabitants situated on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province (South Africa), North West Province of South Africa.
History
It was founded in August 1864 when diamonds were discovered i ...
, on the farm Klipfontein No HO 344. Tswana, meaning ‘place of happiness’, from the
fact that the residents were happy to move to the new township.
since after 1994 people who were living in the nearby farms started to flock to Boitumelong for permanent residence, just before the name Boitumelong, there were people living nearby in a small residence named Makweteng those were people whom already moved out of their respective farms and ready to be given a permission to move in Boitumelong. Boitumelong since then has started expanding and is divided into 12 sections and still developing and some of the Big businesses has found their place of business near the location and it boost the economy of Bloemhof and nearby farms also contributes in developing and helping to stabilize the economy of Bloemhof and Boitumelong.
References
Populated places in the Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality
Townships in North West (South African province)
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