Dithakong
Dithakong | |
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A hut in Dithakong | |
| Coordinates: 27°05′S 23°51′E / 27.083°S 23.850°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Municipality | Joe Morolong |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,691 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 96.3% |
| • Other | 3.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 8604 |
Dithakong is a place east of Kuruman in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which had been a major destination for several of the earliest nineteenth century expeditions from the Cape to the interior of the subcontinent. In colonial literature, its name is often rendered in such ways as Litakun, also Litakoo or Lattakoo.