Dingleton

Dingleton
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Coordinates: 27°46′S 22°58′E / 27.767°S 22.967°E / -27.767; 22.967
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Gamagara
Area [1]
• Total	180.63 km2 (69.74 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	11,034
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	78.5%
• Coloured	19.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	0.2%
• Other	1.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	57.1%
• Afrikaans	26.3%
• English	4.4%
• Sotho	1.6%
• Other	10.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8445
PO box	8445

Dingleton is a town in Northern Cape, South Africa.

The nearby Sishen mine is an iron ore mining activity, connected to the port of Saldanha Bay by the Sishen-Saldanha Railway Line. The line is electrified at 50 kV AC and the trains using this line are amongst the heaviest trains in the world.

The state-owned mining company Iscor started developing the township, originally named Sishen, in 1953 to accommodate the local miners.^[2] The houses were sold to individuals in the early 1980s.^[3] On 23 June 1990 the town's name was changed from Sishen to Dingleton.^[2]

The proximity of the mining activities led to complaints from the residents of Dingleton, and expectations that the residents would be relocated. The town's infrastructure is old and in disrepair.^[3] To allow for Sishen's expansion, Kumba, an Anglo American subsidiary, intends to relocate the Dingleton community.^[4]