Ganyesa
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 35 ′ 31 ″ S , 24 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ O | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NW | ||
| local community | Kagisano-Molopo | ||
| height | 1281 m | ||
| surface | 21.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 19,290 (2011) | ||
| density | 898.9 Ew. / km² | ||
Ganyesa is a place in the South African province of Northwest (North West). It is the administrative seat of the municipality of Kagisano-Molopo in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district .
geography
Ganyesa has 19,290 inhabitants (2011 census). 93% of the population named Setswana as their first language in the census . The surroundings are flat and sloping towards the northwest. Ganyesa is 70 kilometers northwest of Vryburg .
history
Ganyesa was established as the seat of a Barolong tribe . In 1886 the area around Ganyesa was declared after the formation of British Bechuanaland as a native reserve (about: " native reserve "). Until 1994 it belonged to the homeland Bophuthatswana .
Economy and Transport
The place is agriculturally oriented.
The R378 trunk road leads from Vryburg in the southeast via Ganyesa to the Botswana border in the northwest.
Web links
- Portrait at sa-venues.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 Census , accessed January 20, 2018
- ↑ Portrait at sa-venues.com (English), accessed on April 19, 2018