Northam, Limpopo

Northam
Northam is located in Limpopo Northam  Northam shown within Limpopo
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Municipality	Thabazimbi
Established	{{#property:P571}}
Government
• Councillor	Two days Molefe (ANC)
Area
• Total	3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,381
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	83.5%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	12.6%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	42.2%
• Afrikaans	14.7%
• English	8.1%
• Northern Sotho	6.8%
• Other	28.2%
Postal code (street)	0360
PO box	0360
Area code	014

Northam is a town in the Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa, 54 km south of Thabazimbi.

The town was proclaimed in 1946 by EHJ Fulls on the farm Leeukoppie, which belonged to H Herd, and was originally one of a number of farms allocated to British veterans of the Anglo-Boer war. There are chrome and platinum mines in the area surrounding the town.

Northam is also home to the South African music festival Oppikoppi, which attracts hundreds of artists and thousands of fans every year in August.