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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Reivilo
| pushpin_map             = South Africa North West#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|27|34|S|24|12|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North West (South African province)|North West]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality|Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Greater Taung Local Municipality|Greater Taung]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/672031001 |title = Sub Place Reivilo |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 4.57
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 4182
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 79.7%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 13.9%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.4%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 5.1%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 1.0%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| demographics2_info1     = 78.0%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info2     = 17.6%
| demographics2_title3    = [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_info3     = 1.5%
| demographics2_title4    = 
| demographics2_info4     = 
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 2.9%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 8595
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 8595
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 053
| website                 = [http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/bophirima/reivilo.html tourismnorthwest.co.za]
}}
'''Reivilo''' is a [[town]] situated 100&nbsp;km southwest of [[Vryburg]] on the [[Ghaap Plateau]] in [[North West Province (South Africa)|North West Province]] of [[South Africa]]. Large scale [[lead]] and [[zinc]] mining took place in the district.

School at reivilo

Reivilo hoerskool 

Reivilo combined school 

Tshepang Thuto primary School

== History ==
The town was established in 1883 and at first named ''Cathcart West'' (to distinguish it from [[Cathcart, Eastern Cape]]). The name was then changed in 1890 to ''Klein Boetsap'', and then finally it was renamed after Rev AJ Olivier (''Olivier'' reversed is ''Reivilo'').<ref>[http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/bophirima/reivilo.html Tourism Northwest - Reivilo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729135759/http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/bophirima/reivilo.html |date=2010-07-29 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsnwp/reivilo.php http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsnwp/reivilo.php]</ref>

== Economy ==
Reivilo is a traditional farming community. The main farming business is cattle, this is dictated by the geology of the area, because there is not enough arable soil for agriculture. Bedrock exists right to the ground surface, being an ancient and hard dolomite, with extraordinary stromatolitic features, representing life forms more than 2 billion years old. There was a successful cheese factory in Reivilo for many years.

In the very early 1980s [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell South Africa (Pty) Ltd]] developed a lead and zinc mine near Reivilo called Pering. It operated successfully for about 18 years and then closed down. Shell mined about 18 million tonnes of ore, containing perhaps 750,000 tonnes of zinc and lead metal from the Pering Mine during that time. At present there is no mining taking place near Reivilo.

The town today includes the Reivilo [[golf course]] to the north of the town, and a small aeroplane landing strip {{airport codes|RVO||}}, to the north-west.

==References==
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{{Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality}}
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[[Category:Populated places in the Greater Taung Local Municipality]]
[[Category:Mining communities in South Africa]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1883]]