Boetsap

Boetsap
Boetsap

 Boetsap shown within Northern Cape

Coordinates: 27°58′16″S 24°27′00″E / 27.971°S 24.450°E / -27.971; 24.450Coordinates: 27°58′16″S 24°27′00″E / 27.971°S 24.450°E / -27.971; 24.450
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Frances Baard
Municipality Dikgatlong

Boetsap is a village between Barkly West and Vryburg. From Tswana bucwa, 'fat', 'sleek', it is said to refer to the condition of the cattle there; Bootschap as recorded by the early missionaries.[1]

References

  1. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 85. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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