Pienaarsrivier

Place in Limpopo, South Africa

25°12′47″S 28°18′00″E / 25.213°S 28.300°E / -25.213; 28.300CountrySouth AfricaProvinceLimpopoDistrictWaterbergMunicipalityBela-BelaArea

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• Total2.06 km² (0.80 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total1,897 • Density920/km² (2,400/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African98.2% • Coloured0.3% • Indian/Asian0.2% • White1.3% • Other0.1%First languages (2011)

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• Northern Sotho37.2% • Tswana35.8% • Tsonga8.4% • Sotho5.2% • Other13.4%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box

0420

Area code012

Pienaarsrivier is a town some 70 km (43 mi) due north of Pretoria, north of the Pienaars River. The river is named after Petrus Gerhardus Jacobus Pienaar, born 26 February 1819 in George, Cape Colony, who trekked to the then Transvaal in 1858. He became a local pioneer farmer, and reputedly shot an elephant whilst hunting in the area. The Setswana name of this river is Moretele, from which the Moreletaspruit derives its name. The town Pienaarsrivier was established in 1908. Pienaarsrivier is located within Bela Bela Local Municipality and serves as a Trans Provincial Region that connects Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Pienaarsrivier". Census 2011.
^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 366. Retrieved 28 August 2013.