Bochum, Limpopo
| Bochum Senwabarwana | |
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  Bochum
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| Coordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°ECoordinates: 23°16′16″S 29°07′23″E / 23.271°S 29.123°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Capricorn |
| Municipality | Blouberg |
| Established | 1890 |
| • Mayor | (ANC) |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 17.30 km2 (6.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,777 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
| • Black African | 98.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • Other | 1.0% |
| First languages (2011)[1] | |
| • Northern Sotho | 89.4% |
| • English | 2.1% |
| • Venda | 2.0% |
| • Tsonga | 1.3% |
| • Other | 5.2% |
| Postal code (street) | 0790 |
| PO box | 0790 |
| Area code | 015 |
Bochum (also known as Senwabarwana) is a town in the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is the seat of the Blouberg Local Municipality.
Settlement some 93 km north-west of Polokwane, on the route to Doringpad. A corruption of Bochim, a biblical name (Judges 2:1 and 5), given by the German missionary Carl Franz and his wife Helen to a mission station they established there in 1890.[2] Helen and Franz named the first major hospital there that used to cater for people with leprosy. The hospital is now known as Helen-Franz hospital. The hospital offers basic primary health care. It has a bad reputation because of its high mortality rates stats and it's often referred by old people as "the hospital of death ".
Famously founded by a strong black businessman named Mr. Stanley Thema, who initially started the very first building in the area and later expanded to businesses, Bochum is now one of the fastest-growing rural areas in the world.
The place is also known for its diverse people from places as far as Ga-Mmalebogo and Mogwadi. It is under the rule of Kgoši Mmalebogo.
Institutions Higher Education
- Capricorn TVET College Senwabarwana Campus
Schools in Bochum
Secondary Schools
- Phala Secondary School
- Phagamang Secondary School
- Schoongezight Secondary School
- Kgolothwane Secondary School
Primary Schools
- Kgebetli
- Senwabarwana
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Bochum". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 85.
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