Ba-Phalaborwa
| Ba-Phalaborwa Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality |
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Motto "Progressus" , advanced ' |
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Limpopo | |
| District | Mopani | |
| Seat | Phalaborwa | |
| surface | 3004 km² | |
| Residents | 150,637 (October 2011) | |
| density | 50 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | LIM334 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | |
| Website | www.ba-phalaborwa.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Meriam Malatji | |
Coordinates: 23 ° 59 ′ S , 30 ° 32 ′ E
Ba-Phalaborwa ( English Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Mopani district , Limpopo province in South Africa . The administrative headquarters are in Phalaborwa . Meriam Malatji is the mayor.
The community name comes from the word " pala bora " ("better than the south") in the Sotho language , who moved here from the south. " Ba " means: "People from ...". The statement refers to people who had fled from the Swazi and Zulu environment and were looking for a peaceful existence.
Localities
population
In 2011 the community had 150,637 inhabitants. Of these, 93% were black and 6.4% were white.
The first language was 46.6% Xitsonga , 37.3% Sepedi , 5% Afrikaans , 2.8% Sesotho , 1.9% English, 1% isiZulu , 0.8% Siswati and 0, 7% Tshivenda .
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (LIM334) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ^ Peter Edmund Raper : Dictionary of Southern African Place Names . Lowry Publishers, Johannesburg 1987 (2nd ed.), Pp. 262-263.
- ↑ 2011 census: Ba-Phalaborwa . accessed on July 15, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Ba-Phalaborwa . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).