Mookgophong, Limpopo

Mookgophong, formerly known as Naboomspruit, is a town situated along the R101 Regional Route in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

The town lies approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.

Mookgophong is part of the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo Province.

History

The town was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919.

The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there.

The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.