Boskop

Place in North West, South Africa
26°33′50″S 27°08′24″E / 26.564°S 27.140°E / -26.564; 27.140CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorth WestDistrictDr Kenneth KaundaMunicipalityJB MarksArea • Total18.09 km2 (6.98 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total184 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African85.3% • Coloured6.0% • White8.2% • Other0.5%First languages (2011) • Tswana37.5% • Afrikaans19.6% • Xhosa14.1% • Zulu10.9% • Other17.9%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box
2528

Boskop is a small village 16 km north of Potchefstroom. In 1913, the Boskop Man was found here, the first local anatomically modern human skull to be discovered. Consisting only of a post office and railway station on the route Potchefstroom-Welverdiend, the name is Afrikaans and means 'bush hill'.[2]

See also

  • Boskop Man

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Boskop". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 89. Retrieved 28 August 2013.