Misplaced Pages

Piet Plessis

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Piet Plessis" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Place in North West, South Africa
Piet Plessis
Piet Plessis is located in North West (South African province)Piet PlessisPiet PlessisShow map of North West (South African province)Piet Plessis is located in South AfricaPiet PlessisPiet PlessisShow map of South Africa
Coordinates: 26°10′S 24°25′E / 26.167°S 24.417°E / -26.167; 24.417
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
MunicipalityKagisano/Molopo
Area
 • Total13.65 km (5.27 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,655
 • Density120/km (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.8%
 • Coloured1.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White2.2%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana91.5%
 • Afrikaans4.1%
 • English2.1%
 • Zulu1.1%
 • Other1.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box8621
Area code053

Piet Plessis is a small town in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies adjacent to rural road R377. The nearest larger city, and business hub, is Vryburg which is about 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south. The Botswana border lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Piet Plessis. It was founded in 1839 by a group of Trekboers led by Piet Plessis of Laingsburg, Western Cape. From 1969 it was the site of a MGM-29 Sergeant Ballistic Missile battery of the SADF, co located with three Infantry Companies of the 5 SAI, a Medium Artillery battery, and an SAAF Forward Radar and Signals Squadron.

References

  1. ^ "Main Place Piet Plessis". Census 2011.
Municipalities and communities of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West
District seat: Vryburg
Naledi
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District within South Africa
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District within South Africa
Mamusa
Greater Taung
Lekwa-Teemane
Kagisano–Molopo


Stub icon

This North West Province location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: