Hoedspruit | |
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![]() Courtyard at Hoedspruit Airport | |
Coordinates: 24°21′S 30°58′E / 24.350°S 30.967°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Mopani |
Municipality | Maruleng |
Area | |
• Total | 24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,157 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 39.4% |
• Coloured | 5.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.8% |
• White | 52.3% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 44.8% |
• English | 19.7% |
• Northern Sotho | 11.7% |
• Tsonga | 6.2% |
• Other | 17.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1380 |
PO box | 1380 |
Area code | 015 |
Hoedspruit (Afrikaans for Hat Creek) is a town situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg (Afrikaans for "Small Dragon Mountains" range), in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden.[2]