Komaggas

Komaggas
Komaggas
Komaggas
Komaggas

 Komaggas shown within Northern Cape

Coordinates: 29°48′S 17°30′E / 29.8°S 17.5°E / -29.8; 17.5Coordinates: 29°48′S 17°30′E / 29.8°S 17.5°E / -29.8; 17.5
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Namakwa
Municipality Nama Khoi
Established 1828
Government
 • Councillor Jacobus Goedeman (Democratic-Alliance)
Area[1]
 • Total 2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,116
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 2.4%
 • Coloured 95.6%
 • Indian/Asian 0.8%
 • White 0.4%
 • Other 0.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 96.7%
 • Sign language 1.0%
 • Other 2.2%
Postal code (street) 8242
PO box 8242
Area code 027

Komaggas is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Settlement 40km south-west of Springbok and 45km north of Soebatsfontein, on the Komaggas River, a tributary of the Buffels River. Founded as a station of the London Missionary Society in 1829, it was taken over by the Rhenish Missionary Society in 1843 and by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1936. The name is variously explained as ‘abundance of maws of animals’ and ‘place of many wild olive-trees’; the latter explanation is probably correct.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Komaggas". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 255.
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