{{Use South African English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Delportshoop | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|28.416667|S|24.3|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Northern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Frances Baard | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Dikgatlong | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | established_date = 1871 | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/384005 Delportshoop] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/384006 Tidimalo] from Census 2011.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 67.8 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | population_total = 10346 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 30.9% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 33.4% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 1.0% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 2.9% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 31.9% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics2_title1 = Tswana | demographics2_info1 = 49.4% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 43.0% | demographics2_title3 = English | demographics2_info3 = 1.9% | demographics2_title4 = Zulu | demographics2_info4 = 1.2% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 4.6% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 8377 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 8377 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 053 }} '''Delportshoop''' is a town in Frances Baard District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies next to the Vaal River. The Harts River runs by closely.
==Early settlement==
It developed from a diamond-diggers’ camp. The public diggings were proclaimed in November 1871, a village management board was instituted in 1931, and municipal status attained in 1970.<ref name=dsapn/>
==Name==
Delportshoop was originally called “Thomas Hope”, but later the name was changed to “Delport’s Hope” . The first Prosecutor was P.J. Marais. He farmed on Langberg in the region. Marais were told a story that the first diamond was find by a young man whose surname was Delport. The diamond diggers then changed it to Delport’s Hope. Later the ‘’Hope’’, became ‘’Hoop’’.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kimberley.org.za/today-kimberleys-history-13-december/ |title=Delportshoop| accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> ==Schools==
• Delportshoop Primary School <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.schools4sa.co.za/school-profile/delportshoop-primere-skool/ |title= Delportshoop Primêre Skool |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>
• Dikgatlong Secondary School <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schools4sa.co.za/school-profile/dikgatlong-secondary-school/ |title= Dikgatlong Secondary School|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>
• Francis Mohapanele Primary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schools4sa.co.za/school-profile/francis-mohapanele-primary-school/ |title= Francis Mohapanele Primary School |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>
• Delportshoop High School<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.schools4sa.co.za/school-profile/hoerskool-delportshoop/ |title=Hoërskool Delportshoop| accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref> Children from Ulco, the mining community nearby attend this school
==Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme==
The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme is a very large water irrigation scheme. This is run out of Delportshoop.
==Tswana names ==
Two Tswana names for Delportshoop are encountered, namely Tsineng, also spelt Tsining, Tsening, Tsenin and Tsoneng, and Dikgathlong, also spelt Dekhath-long, Dekatlong, Dekgathlong, Dikgatlhong, Makgatlhanong, Likatlong and Likhat-lhong. The latter name means ‘meeting-place’, referring to the confluence of the Vaal and Harts rivers there. Other commonly used Setswana names are Motse Moshate and Shate. <ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=134}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Geographic Location |Centre = Delportshoop |North = Warrenton |Northeast = |Northwest = |East = Windsorton |Southeast = Barkly West, Kimberley |South = Schmidtsdrift |Southwest = Douglas |West = Lime Acres }}
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Category:Populated places in the Dikgatlong Local Municipality Category:Populated places established in 1871 Category:Vaal River Category:1871 establishments in the Cape Colony