Perdekop

Perdekop, (Afrikaans for horses hill), is a small town situated on top of a 1,889 m peak in the Mpumalanga province, in South Africa. It is a village 38 km north of Volksrust and 47 km south of Standerton.

Perdekop
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Coordinates: 27°10′S 29°38′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Municipality	Pixley Ka Seme
Area [1]
• Total	7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Elevation	1,889 m (6,198 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,081
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	97.4%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	1.7%
• White	0.4%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	82.3%
• Sotho	9.9%
• English	1.7%
• S. Ndebele	1.5%
• Other	4.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2465
PO box	2465
Area code	017

History

Formerly Paardekop, ‘horses hill’, from the practice of keeping horses there when horse-sickness prevailed in lower lying areas.^[2]

The town was established during an equine sickness epidemic when farmers found that when they brought their horses to the top of this hill they were protected from the sickness.^[3]: 303 During the Second Boer War the British operated a lookout balloon here to monitor Boer activities.