Perdekop
Place in Mpumalanga, South Africa
27°10′S 29°38′E / 27.167°S 29.633°E / -27.167; 29.633[1]
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Perdekop, (Afrikaans for horses hill), is a small town situated on top of a 1,889 m peak in the Mpumalanga province, in South Africa. It is a village 38 km north of Volksrust and 47 km south of Standerton.
History
Formerly Paardekop, ‘horses hill’, from the practice of keeping horses there when horse-sickness prevailed in lower lying areas.[2]
The town was established during an equine sickness epidemic when farmers found that when they brought their horses to the top of this hill they were protected from the sickness.[3]: 303 During the Second Boer War the British operated a lookout balloon here to monitor Boer activities.
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Municipalities and communities of Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga
District seat: Ermelo
![Gert Sibande District within South Africa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Gert_Sibande_highlighted_%282011%29.svg/150px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Gert_Sibande_highlighted_%282011%29.svg.png)
- Amersfoort
- Daggakraal
- Perdekop
- Volksrust
- Wakkerstroom