Soebatsfontein
Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
30°07′01″S 17°34′59″E / 30.117°S 17.583°E / -30.117; 17.583 (2011)[1]
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Soebatsfontein is a settlement in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Settlement 80 km south-west of Springbok and 48 km north-west of Kamieskroon. The name, Afrikaans for ‘begging or pleading fountain’, dates from an incident about 1898 in which Hendrik S(t)ievert, a farmhand, was murdered by San in spite of his begging for mercy.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Soebatsfontein". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 409.
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Municipalities and communities of Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape
District seat: Springbok
- Garies
- Hondeklip Bay
- Kamieskroon
- Karkams
- Koingnaas
- Leliefontein
- Soebatsfontein
- Spoegrivier
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