Country South Africa District Waterberg Established 1946 Area code 014 | Province Limpopo Municipality Thabazimbi Postal code (street) 0360 Local time Sunday 3:32 PM | |
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Weather 28°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 34% Humidity | ||
Northam is a town in the Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 54 km south of Thabazimbi.
Map of Northam, South Africa
The town was proclaimed in 1946 by EHJ Fulls on the farm Leeukoppie, which belonged to H Herd, and was originally one of a number of farms allocated to British veterans of the Anglo-Boer war. There are chrome and platinum mines in the area surrounding the town.
Northam is also home to the South African music festival Oppikoppi, which attracts hundreds of artists and thousands of fans every year in August.
References
Northam, Limpopo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA