Editing Ohrigstad

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Ohrigstad
| image_skyline           = Ohrigstad.JPG
| image_caption           = Historical sign at Ohrigstad
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|24|45|S|30|34|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limpopo]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Sekhukhune District Municipality|Sekhukhune]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality|Fetakgomo Tubatse]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1845<ref name=established>{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}</ref>
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/987143 |title = Main Place Ohrigstad |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 99.24
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 521
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 48.6%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 0.2%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.2%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 48.9%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 2.1%
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| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info1     = 45.1%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]
| demographics2_info2     = 35.7%
| demographics2_title3    = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info3     = 6.5%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]
| demographics2_info4     = 4.6%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 8.1%
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<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 1122
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 1122
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 013
}}
'''Ohrigstad''' ([[Afrikaans]] for ''Ohrig city''), formerly '''Andries Ohrig Stad''',<ref name=Nieu>{{cite book|last=Nieuwoudt|first=C.F.|title=Die Ontstaan en Ontwikkeling van die Uitvoerende Gesag in die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek|year=1964|publisher=Haum|location=Cape Town|page=97}}</ref> is a small town to the north of [[Lydenburg]] in the [[Limpopo]] province, [[South Africa]].

==History==
A [[Voortrekker Fort|fort]] was established by a group of [[Voortrekker]]s under the leadership of [[Andries Hendrik Potgieter]] with the help of a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] merchant Gregorius Ohrig. The settlers arrived in [[1845 in South Africa|1845]] and were soon afterwards decimated by [[malaria]] and  forced to abandon the area. Settlers only returned once the disease was under control. On the 14 May 1873, the area was proclaimed as a public gold field after the discovery of gold in the [[Selati River]].

The Voortrekker, Pieter Willem Prinsloo, who left the Cape between 20 June 1837 and the end of March 1838, registered a farm Dorenhoek in the Ohrigstad area on 16 March 1846.<ref>Visagie, Jan C. Voortrekkerstamouers 1835 - 1845. Protea Boekhuis. Pretoria. 2011. Page 406 - 407.</ref>

==Tourism==
The [[Echo Caves]] are situated close to the town.

==See also==
*[[Great trek]]
*[[Voortrekker Fort]]
*[[Andries Hendrik Potgieter]]

==References==
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==External links==
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