Hectorspruit

Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.

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Hectorspruit
Emjejane
A street in Hectorspruit
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Coordinates: 25°26′S 31°41′E / 25.433°S 31.683°E / -25.433; 31.683
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Nkomazi
Area [1]
• Total	10.26 km2 (3.96 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,096
• Density	301.8/km2 (781.5/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	77.9%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	20.8%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Swati	55.0%
• Afrikaans	18.6%
• Tsonga	17.0%
• English	4.1%
• Other	5.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	1330
Area code	013
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Hamlet some 30 km west of Komatipoort and 80 km north-east of Pigg's Peak. The hamlet is named after a tributary of the Crocodile River, the Hectorspruit, which is said to take its name from a hunting dog that died there after being bitten by a tsetse fly.^[2]

The hamlet was officially renamed in 2005 to Emjejane (SiSwati) after late Chief Mjejane Ngomane.

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Main Place Emjejane". Census 2011.
2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 202.

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