Saulspoort
Saulspoort | |
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Saulspoort Saulspoort | |
| Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala |
| Municipality | Moses Kotane |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 11,220 |
| • Density | 760.2/km2 (1,969/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng) 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.
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. In 1895 the baKgatla purchased most of Saulspoort from Gonin.