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Dibeng is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, situated on the banks of the dry Gamagara River.^[2] The name is Tswana in origin, from deben, and means "first drinking place".^[3] Deben is a variant spelling.^[4]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Dibeng". Census 2011.
^ "Dibeng". Gamagara Local Municipality. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "Dibeng". Northern Cape. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "Dibeng". za.geoview.info. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

Dibeng
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Coordinates: 27°35′00″S 22°53′00″E / 27.583333°S 22.883333°E / -27.583333; 22.883333
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Gamagara
Area ^[1]
• Total	9.08 km² (3.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	7,848
• Density	860/km² (2,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	62.2%
• Coloured	30.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	6.5%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Tswana	48.5%
• Afrikaans	46.1%
• English	1.4%
• Zulu	1.0%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8463
PO box	8463
Area code	053