Hectorspruit
Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.
| Hectorspruit Emjejane | |
|---|---|
|  A street in Hectorspruit | |
|   Hectorspruit   Hectorspruit | |
| Coordinates: 25°26′S 31°41′E | |
| Country | South Africa | 
| Province | Mpumalanga | 
| District | Ehlanzeni | 
| Municipality | Nkomazi | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.26 km2 (3.96 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,096 | 
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) | 
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 77.9% | 
| • Coloured | 0.8% | 
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% | 
| • White | 20.8% | 
| • Other | 0.1% | 
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Swazi | 55.0% | 
| • Afrikaans | 18.6% | 
| • Tsonga | 17.0% | 
| • English | 4.1% | 
| • Other | 5.3% | 
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) | 
| PO box | 1330 | 
| Area code | 013 | 
Hamlet some 30 km west of Komatipoort and 80 km north-east of Pigg's Peak. The hamlet is named after a tributary of the Crocodile River, the Hectorspruit, which is said to take its name from a hunting-dog which died there from a tsetse fly bite.[2]
The hamlet was officially renamed in 2005 to Emjejane.
References
    
- "Main Place Emjejane". Census 2011.
- "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 202.
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