Luckhoff
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Luckhoff | |
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Coordinates: 29°45′S 24°47′E / 29.750°S 24.783°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Xhariep |
Municipality | Letsemeng |
Area | |
• Total | 30.92 km2 (11.94 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,699 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 46.1% |
• Coloured | 49.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 3.9% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 77.2% |
• Sotho | 11.3% |
• Xhosa | 7.6% |
• English | 1.2% |
• Other | 2.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9982 |
PO box | 9982 |
Area code | 053 |
Lückhoff is a small merino sheep farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established on the farm Koffiekuil in 1892 and named after a Dutch Reformed Church minister Reverend HJ Luckhoff.
Nowadays the bulk of the sheep found in this district are dorper sheep and not merino. A small number of farmers also stock an indigenous sheep breed known as the damara.
The town is located 82 km north-west of Philippolis and 56 km west of Fauresmith. It was established in 1892 on the farm Koffiekuil. Probably named after Heinrich Jacob Luckhoff (1842-1943), Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Fauresmith at that time.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place Luckhoff". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 285.
External links
[edit]- "Luckhoff Ward Map (Letsemeng - FS161 Ward 1)". Municipal Demarcation Board. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017.