Venterskroon | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa North West#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -26.8869°N 27.2694°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North West |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dr Kenneth Kaunda |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | JB Marks |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Venterskroon is a town in Tlokwe Local Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. It is an old mining town, located in a valley in the middle of the Dome Mountain Land.[1]
Venterskroon is home to the Vredefort Dome Information Centre. The Vredefort Dome is the center of the Vredefort impact structure. This impact structure is the world's largest, oldest, and most deeply eroded complex asteroid impact structure in the world, and has been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site [2] [3]
Evidence of the earliest inhabitants of the Venterskroon area has been found at the farm Thabela Thabeng and consists of petroglyphs representing hippo and rhino [4]