Hartswater

Hartswater is an agricultural town on the Phokwane River, a small tributary of the Harts River, some 23 km south of Taung and 36 km north of Warrenton. Centre of the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme, it became a municipality in April 1960. It takes its name from the Harts River.[2]

Hartswater
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Coordinates: 27°46′S 24°49′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Frances Baard
Municipality	Phokwane
Area [1]
• Total	10.77 km^2 (4.16 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	10,465
• Density	970/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	56.3%
• Coloured	30.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	12.0%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	47.8%
• Tswana	37.9%
• English	7.8%
• Xhosa	1.8%
• Other	4.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8570
PO box	8570
Area code	053
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Background

The town was laid out in 1948. There is a monument built in the shape of a miniature church dedicated to the women of Vaalharts for their contribution towards building and developing the Vaalharts irrigation scheme located in the town of Hartswater. The town has its own wine cellar and also a newly built olive processing business.

Hartswater is centrally located to Jan Kempdorp, Pampierstad, Ganspan, Taung and Christiana.

References

1. "Main Place Hartswater". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 200.