Buffelshoek

Buffelshoek
Bolla-Tau
Buffelshoek

 Buffelshoek shown within Mpumalanga

Coordinates: 24°37′51″S 31°08′18″E / 24.63083°S 31.13833°E / -24.63083; 31.13833Coordinates: 24°37′51″S 31°08′18″E / 24.63083°S 31.13833°E / -24.63083; 31.13833
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Ehlanzeni
Municipality Bushbuckridge
Area[1]
  Total 11.70 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 12,703
  Density 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 99.9%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Northern Sotho 92.0%
  Tsonga 4.8%
  Sotho 1.2%
  Other 2.0%

Buffelshoek is a town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The legal name was changed to Bolla-Tau in 2008.[2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Buffelshoek". Census 2011.
  2. "Approved names, September 2000 – January 2010". Department of Arts and Culture, Government of South Africa. October 2010. Archived from the original (.xls) on 22 September 2011.
  3. Lubbe, Johan and du Plessis, Theodorus (2014). South African Language Rights Monitor 2010: Ninth report on the South African Language Rights Monitor Project / Negende verslag van die Suid-Afrikaanse Taalregtemonitor. Bloemfontein: Sun Media. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-920382-56-8.
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