Hotazel

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Hotazel | image_skyline = Hotazel gate.jpg | image_caption = Hotazel gate | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|27|12|S|22|57|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 = [[John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality|John Taolo Gaetsewe]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Joe Morolong Local Municipality|Joe Morolong]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/360079 |title = Main Place Hotazel |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 20.08 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 1756 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 61.8% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 14.6% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.9% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 22.6% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.2%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Tswana language|Tswana]] | demographics2_info1 = 48.8% | demographics2_title2 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info2 = 37.9% | demographics2_title3 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info3 = 5.0% | demographics2_title4 = [[Sotho language|Sotho]] | demographics2_info4 = 2.8% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 5.6%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 8490 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 8490 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 053 }} '''Hotazel''' is a town in [[John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality]] in the [[Northern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]].

The town serves the [[manganese]] mines, 147 km (91 mi) north of [[Postmasburg]] and 46 km (28.6 mi) north-west of [[Kuruman]]. It takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on 'hot as hell', referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed and the generally torrid climate surrounding the area.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite book|first=R.E.|last=Raper|date=1987|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | url =https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/page/n213|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=214}}</ref>

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{{Geographic Location |Centre = Hotazel |North = |Northeast = |Northwest = |East = |Southeast = [[Kuruman]] |South = [[Kathu]]<br />[[Postmasburg]] |Southwest = [[Olifantshoek]] |West = [[Van Zylsrus]] }} {{John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Joe Morolong Local Municipality]]