Kuboes is a town in Richtersveld Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Kuboes
Old mission church in Kuboes
Old mission church in Kuboes
Kuboes is located in Northern Cape
Kuboes
Kuboes
Kuboes is located in South Africa
Kuboes
Kuboes
Coordinates: 28°26′49.2″S 16°59′20.76″E / 28.447000°S 16.9891000°E / -28.447000; 16.9891000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictNamakwa
MunicipalityRichtersveld
Area
 • Total
0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
948
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African0.6%
 • Coloured95.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • Other3.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans96.5%
 • English1.3%
 • Other2.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
8292

Kuboes was one of the first permanent settlements on the Richtersveld. The town grew around a Rhenish mission set up by revered Johan Hein, who began to preach to the nomadic population of the surrounding areas in 1844. A church was built in 1893, and eventually the itinerant population decided to set up in Kuboes itself.[2]

Kuboes is a centre of Nama culture, and the local school is claimed to be the only school in the world that teaches the Nama language.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Kuboes". Census 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Kuboes". Explore the Richtersveld. Retrieved 7 January 2014.