Dingleton

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dingleton

| pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|27|46|S|22|58|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Northern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = John Taolo Gaetsewe

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Gamagara

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/362004 |title = Main Place Dingleton |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 180.63

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 11034

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 78.5%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 19.0%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.8%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.5%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Tswana

| demographics2_info1 = 57.1%

| demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info2 = 26.3%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 4.4%

| demographics2_title4 = Sotho

| demographics2_info4 = 1.6%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 10.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 8445

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 8445

| area_code_type = Area code

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Kathu|url=http://www.gamagara.gov.za/index.php/about|publisher=Gamagara Local Municipality|accessdate=3 January 2014}} The houses were sold to individuals in the early 1980s. On 23 June 1990 the town's name was changed from Sishen to Dingleton.

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.{{cite web|title=Kumba Iron Ore Limited Responsibility Report 2010 - Dingleton relocation |url=http://www.kumba.co.za/reports/kumba_ar2010/responsibility/if_pi_relocation.php |publisher=Kumba Iron Ore Limited |accessdate=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103231506/http://www.kumba.co.za/reports/kumba_ar2010/responsibility/if_pi_relocation.php |archivedate=3 January 2014 }} To allow for Sishen's expansion, Kumba, an Anglo American subsidiary, intends to relocate the Dingleton community.{{cite web|title=Court rules in favour of Sishen over rights|url=http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/court-rules-in-favour-of-sishen-over-rights-1.1621743#.Usb-3PYfvMg|publisher=IOL Business|accessdate=3 January 2014}}