Luckhoff
Luckhoff is located in Free State (South African province)
Luckhoff
Luckhoff
Luckhoff is located in South Africa
Luckhoff
Luckhoff
Luckhoff is located in Africa
Luckhoff
Luckhoff
Coordinates: 29°45′S 24°47′E / 29.750°S 24.783°E / -29.750; 24.783
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictXhariep
MunicipalityLetsemeng
Area
[1]
 • Total30.92 km2 (11.94 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total3,699
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African46.1%
 • Coloured49.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White3.9%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Afrikaans77.2%
 • Sotho11.3%
 • Xhosa7.6%
 • English1.2%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
9982
PO box
9982
Area code053

Lückhoff is a small merino sheep farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established on the farm Koffiekuil in 1892 and named after a Dutch Reformed Church minister Reverend HJ Luckhoff.

Nowadays the bulk of the sheep found in this district are dorper sheep and not merino. A small number of farmers also stock an indigenous sheep breed known as the damara.

The town is located 82 km north-west of Philippolis and 56 km west of Fauresmith. It was established in 1892 on the farm Koffiekuil. Probably named after Heinrich Jacob Luckhoff (1842-1943), Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Fauresmith at that time.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Luckhoff". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 285.


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