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Eksteenfontein is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the edge of the Richtersveld World Heritage Site.[2]

Eksteenfontein
Eksteenfontein
Eksteenfontein
Eksteenfontein
Coordinates: 28.824°S 17.255°E / -28.824; 17.255
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictNamakwa
MunicipalityRichtersveld
Area
  Total0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total531
  Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African0.9%
  Coloured89.3%
  Other9.8%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans94.5%
  English1.3%
  Tswana1.1%
  Other3.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
8284

The locals are mostly of Baster ancestry, people of mixed blood who were forcibly removed from the white farming area near Pofadder in 1945.[2] The town was originally known as Stinkfontein (stinking spring), but was later renamed in honour of a Reverend Eksteen, the pastor who had helped the Baster in finding a new place to live.[2]


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