Laersdrift
NG stone church at Laersdrif
NG stone church at Laersdrif
Laersdrift is located in Limpopo
Laersdrift
Laersdrift
Laersdrift is located in South Africa
Laersdrift
Laersdrift
Coordinates: 25°21′58″S 29°51′25″E / 25.366°S 29.857°E / -25.366; 29.857
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictSekhukhune
MunicipalityElias Motsoaledi
Established1907
Area
[1]
 • Total4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation
1,474 m (4,836 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,218
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African96.1%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White2.6%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Northern Sotho49.1%
 • S. Ndebele38.0%
 • Zulu4.7%
 • Afrikaans3.6%
 • Other4.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1065
PO box
1065
Area code013

Laersdrift (formerly Delagersdrift) is a small settlement in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is situated on the Laersdrifspruit, a tributary of the upper Steelpoort River, 27 km southwest of Roossenekal, 72 km northeast of Middelburg and 11 km north east of Stoffberg.

It was founded in 1907 on the farms Swartkoppies and De Lagersdrift, and proclaimed a township in July 1953. It takes its name from the latter farm, which in turn was named after a ford (Afrikaans: drif, Dutch: drift) at which a Boer commando laagered during the Mapoch War of 1882; a laager is laer in Afrikaans.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Laersdrif". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 269. Retrieved 28 August 2013.


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