Eerstegoud

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| name = Eerstegoud

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| coordinates = {{coord|23.985|S|29.351|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Capricorn

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Polokwane

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

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| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

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| postal2_code = 0701

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Eerstegoud is a village 14 km south-west of Polokwane. Laid out in 1868, it was first called Marabastad. At the request of the inhabitants the name was changed about 1954 to Eerstegoud, Afrikaans for 'first gold', in memory of the discovery in 1871 of the first gold in the Transvaal at Eersteling by Edward Button.{{#tag:ref |{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n151/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=11 June 2017|page=151|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/polokwane-segregated-city|title = Polokwane the Segregated city | South African History Online}}