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Rooigrond is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. Hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Stellaland and Goshen. Rooigrond served as capital of the State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883.

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rdfs:label	Heliopolis (ca) Rooigrond (en)
rdfs:comment	Rooigrond is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. Hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop. Afrikaans for ‘red ground’. The place was formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Stellaland and Goshen. Rooigrond served as capital of the State of Goshen from 1882 to 1883. (en) Heliopolis, anomenada també Rooigrond, fou una petita ciutat a uns 10 km de Mahikeng a Betxuanalàndia, capital de l'estat bòer de Goshen o Goosen. Encara que la república fou fundada després d'un tractat l'octubre de 1884 a Mafeking (moderna Mahikeng), (1837-1893) va fer la proclamació el 21 de novembre de 1882 i va declarar la ciutat centre administratiu de l'estat. El 12 de maig de 1884 la ciutat va ser atacada per sorpresa per 300 guerrers del cap Ba Ralong (grup dels tswana) Montshioa; els colons van fugir a Transvaal. Quans el Ba Rolong foren posats sota sobirania directa britànica per tractat, Gey Van Pitius va reclamar 3500 lliures com a compensació per l'atac tswana a Rooigrond o Heliopolis, i quan la quantitat no fou pagada, va declarar la guerra (24 de juny de 1884) i va ocupar (ca)
foaf:name	Rooigrond (en)
name	Rooigrond (en)
geo:lat	-25.922001 (xsd:float)
geo:long	25.802000 (xsd:float)
dcterms:subject	Populated places in the Mafikeng Local Municipality Capitals of former nations
Wikipage page ID	35251878 (xsd:integer)
Wikipage revision ID	1084903971 (xsd:integer)
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Coloureds Mafikeng State of Goshen Stellaland Bantu peoples of South Africa Tswana language Afrikaans North West (South African province) Ottoshoop Populated places in the Mafikeng Local Municipality White South African Mafikeng Local Municipality Capitals of former nations South Africa South African English Southern Ndebele language Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality Asian South African Post office box First language South African Standard Time Telephone numbers in South Africa Indian South African List of postal codes in South Africa dbr:Adriaan_de_la_Rey
sameAs	Rooigrond Rooigrond Rooigrond Rooigrond Rooigrond Rooigrond Rooigrond
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area code	18 (xsd:integer)
area code type	Telephone numbers in South Africa
area total km	3.470000 (xsd:double)
demographics1 info	0.1 (perCent) 0.4 (perCent) 1.1 (perCent) 88.6 (perCent) 9.8 (perCent)
demographics1 title	Coloureds Bantu peoples of South Africa White South African Asian South African Indian South African Other (en)
demographics2 info	10.9 (perCent) 2.2 (perCent) 2.5 (perCent) 6.1 (perCent) 78.3 (perCent)
demographics type	First languages (en) Racial makeup (en)
established title	Established (en)
leader title	Councillor (en)
population as of	2011 (xsd:integer)
population density km	auto (en)

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