Dibeng

Dibeng is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, situated on the banks of the dry Gamagara River.[2] The name is Tswana in origin, from deben, and means "first drinking place".[3] Deben is a variant spelling.[4]

Dibeng
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Coordinates: 27.583333°S 22.883333°E / -27.583333; 22.883333
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Gamagara
Area [1]
• Total	9.08 km^2 (3.51 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	7,848
• Density	860/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	62.2%
• Coloured	30.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	6.5%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	48.5%
• Afrikaans	46.1%
• English	1.4%
• Zulu	1.0%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8463
PO box	8463
Area code	053

See also

• af:NG gemeente Deben

References

1. "Main Place Dibeng". Census 2011.
2. "Dibeng". Gamagara Local Municipality. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
3. "Dibeng". Northern Cape. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
4. "Dibeng". za.geoview.info. Retrieved 11 March 2018.