Bushbuckridge

Bushbuckridge Bosbokrand Mapulaneng
Bushbuckridge  Bushbuckridge shown within Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 24°50′17″S 31°04′23″E / 24.83806°S 31.07306°ECoordinates: 24°50′17″S 31°04′23″E / 24.83806°S 31.07306°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Bushbuckridge
Established	1884
Area[1]
• Total	1.80 km^2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,109
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	96.9%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.8%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Northern Sotho	32.4%
• Tsonga	22.4%
• Sotho	19.4%
• Swazi	9.0%
• Other	16.7%
Postal code (street)	1280
PO box	1280

Bushbuckridge (Afrikaans: Bosbokrand) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa.^[1] The name Bushbuck Ridge was given because of the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent WNW-ESE ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.^[2] The town of Bushbuckridge grew up around a trading store that opened in 1884.

The suburbs and rural areas to the south of Bushbuckridge constitute a "sub place", called Bushbuckridge NU with a 2011 population of 1070, covering 1,587.56 square kilometres (613 sq mi).^[3]

Notes and references

1. "Main Place Bushbuckridge". Census 2011.
2. South African Languages - Place names
3. "Bushbuckridge NU Sub Place from Census 2011". Adrian Frith. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.