Noupoort
Noupoort | |
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View over Noupoort | |
| Coordinates: 31°11′S 24°57′E / 31.183°S 24.950°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Municipality | Umsobomvu |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,494 m (4,902 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,848 |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 54.0% |
| • Coloured | 41.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 3.7% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 48.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 47.7% |
| • English | 1.5% |
| • Other | 2.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5950 |
| PO box | 5950 |
| Area code | 049843 |
Noupoort is a small town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa.
The town lies 54 km south of Colesberg and 45 km north of Rosmead Junction on the N9 National Route. It was laid out on a portion of the farm Caroluspoort, was administered by a village management board from 1937 and attained municipal status in 1942. Afrikaans for ‘narrow pass’, the name refers to a gap in the Carlton Hills 27 km to the north-west.