Mopani (District)
| Mopani Mopani (District) District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| Seat | Giyani | |
| surface | 20,011 km² | |
| Residents | 1,092,507 (October 2011) | |
| density | 55 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC33 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.mopani.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Nkarareng rakgoale | |
Coordinates: 23 ° 19 ′ S , 30 ° 43 ′ E
Mopani is a district within Limpopo Province in South Africa . It has 1,092,507 inhabitants (as of October 2011) on a total area of 20,011 km². The district administration is based in Giyani .
The district is named after the common mopane tree. The word origin is in Tshivenda mupani (in Sepedi motlhanare, in Xitsonga muxanatsi ).
Communities
National parks and nature reserves
- Modjadji Nature Reserve
- Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve
Natural resources
In the Murchison Range , several mining operations extract antimony ores , the deposits of which are of global importance.
Web links
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Census 2011. Basic Results. (PDF; 349 kB) Statistics South Africa , accessed on November 27, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
