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Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Town 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane.HistoryIt was founded on the farm Vischgat in 1907 and administered by a health committee from 1919. The name Naboomspruit is Afrikaans but derived from Khoekhoen; ‘euphorbia tree stream’, after the Euphorbia ingens which grows there. The town was officially renamed Mookgophong on the 24 November 2006, by the South African government.