Petrusville

Petrusville
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Coordinates: 30°5′S 24°39′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Pixley ka Seme
Municipality	Renosterberg
Area [1]
• Total	58.60 km^2 (22.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,211
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	40.0%
• Coloured	56.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	2.1%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	63.3%
• Xhosa	31.4%
• Sotho	1.9%
• English	1.7%
• Other	1.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8770
PO box	8770
Area code	053

Petrusville is a village in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa, located in the Northern Cape province.

It is 45 km north-east of Philipstown, 56 km south-east of Kraankuil and 10 km south of the Orange River. Founded about 1877 on the farm Rhenosterfontein and named after Petrus Jacobus van der Walt who had taken it forcefully in 1810 and donated a portion of it to the Dutch Reformed Church in 1822.the new evidence that is gathered reflect that there were people who used to live in Petrusville before 1800 and its believed that Petrusville was the old soldiers camp. The evidence is the old cemetery situated behind izinyoka Revonia area and others in the plakkerskamp. There are tombstone shows that Petrusville was there since 1803.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Petrusville". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 364.

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