Spoegrivier is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Spoegrivier
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Coordinates: 30.341°S 17.760°E / -30.341; 17.760
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Municipality	Kamiesberg
Area [1]
• Total	0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	513
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	4.3%
• Coloured	94.7%
• Indian/Asian	1.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	97.5%
• Sign language	1.8%
• Other	0.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Town some 13 km west-north-west of Karkams and 46 km east of Hondeklipbaai. It takes its name from the non-perennial stream which rises north of it and extends south and then west to enter the Atlantic Ocean 20 km south-east of Hondeklipbaai. Afrikaans for ‘spit river’, the name is probably translated from Khoekhoen Kanoep, referring to a disease affecting cattle.[2]

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