Saulspoort

Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng)^[2] is a village in South Africa, at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg. It was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers.^[3]

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Saulspoort
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Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E / -25.15528; 27.17139
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala
Municipality	Moses Kotane
Area [1]
• Total	14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	11,220
• Density	760.2/km2 (1,969/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.5%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	86.4%
• English	3.3%
• Zulu	2.1%
• S. Ndebele	1.5%
• Other	6.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0318
PO box	0318
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It was established when Henri Gonin, a Swiss missionary with the Dutch Reformed Church preaching to the baKgatla tribe, moved to Saulspoort farm, which was owned by the later president Paul Kruger; Kruger eventually sold the farm to Gonin in 1869.^[4] In 1895 the baKgatla purchased most of Saulspoort from Gonin.^[5]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Main Place Saulspoort". Census 2011.
2. ^ "Pilane and Another v Pheto and Others". Southern African Legal Information Institute. Moruleng and Saulspoort mean the same village and the names are frequently used interchangeably…
3. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. p. 399. Retrieved 28 August 2013 – via Internet Archive.
4. ^ Daniel J. Theron (31 March 2014). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.
5. ^ Mbenga, Bernard; Morton, Fred (24 April 1997). "The Missionary as Land Broker". South African Historical Journal (36). Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database: 145–167. doi:10.1080/02582479708671273. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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