Rooigrond is a town in
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (formerly Central District Municipality) is one of the four districts of North West province in South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng, which is also the capital of the province.
Geography Neighbours
Ngaka ...
in the
North West
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province of
South Africa
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.
Hamlet 16 km south-east of
Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of
Ottoshoop
Ottoshoop is one of the small towns in the Mahikeng Local Municipality in the North West Province of South Africa, situated 20km from the city of Mahikeng on the way to the town of Zeerust. Residents serve the scanty needs of a few locals, underwat ...
. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under
Adriaan de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of
Stellaland and
Goshen.
Rooigrond served as capital of the
State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883.
References
Populated places in the Mafikeng Local Municipality
Capitals of former nations
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