Groblershoop

Groblershoop is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about 2 km west of the Orange River.

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Settlement.name: Groblershoop
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: ZF Mgcawu
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: !Kheis
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1936
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13.67
Settlement.population_total: 4938
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Racial makeup (2011)

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Area: 13.67
Dialing code: 054

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postal code: 8850
inception: 1936-01-01
Commons category: Groblershoop

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Groblershoop is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about 2 km west of the Orange River.

Groblershoop was founded in 1914 on the farm Sternham, but was renamed in 1939 after Piet Grobler, a former Minister of Agriculture. The region became more developed after the construction of the Boegoeberg Dam and water channels in 1929. Known as the gateway to the Green Kalahari, the Groblershoop region is a major wine-producing area.