Kuboes

Kuboes

Old mission church in Kuboes
Kuboes

 Kuboes shown within Northern Cape

Coordinates: 28°26′49.2″S 16°59′20.76″E / 28.447000°S 16.9891000°E / -28.447000; 16.9891000Coordinates: 28°26′49.2″S 16°59′20.76″E / 28.447000°S 16.9891000°E / -28.447000; 16.9891000
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Namakwa
Municipality Richtersveld
Area[1]
  Total 0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 948
  Density 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 0.6%
  Coloured 95.5%
  Indian/Asian 0.2%
  Other 3.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 96.5%
  English 1.3%
  Other 2.2%
PO box 8292

Kuboes is a town in Richtersveld Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Kuboes was one of the first permanent settlements on the Richtersveld. The town grew around a Rhenish mission set up by revered Johan Hein, who began to preach to the nomadic population of the surrounding areas in 1844. A church was built in 1893, and eventually the itinerant population decided to set up in Kuboes itself.[2]

Kuboes is a centre of Nama culture, and the local school is claimed to be the only school in the world that teaches the Nama language.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Kuboes". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Kuboes". Explore the Richtersveld. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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