Greater Tzaneen

Greater Tzaneen Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
Symbols
Coat of arms or logo
Motto "From Nature" 'From Nature'
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Seat	Tzaneen
surface	3243 km²
Residents	390,095 (October 2011)
density	120 inhabitants per km²
key	LIM333
ISO 3166-2	ZA-LP
Website	www.greatertzaneen.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor	Maripe Mangena

Coordinates: 23 ° 50 ′  S , 30 ° 10 ′  E

Greater Tzaneen ( English Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Mopani District , Limpopo Province in South Africa . The administrative headquarters are in Tzaneen . Maripe Mangena is the mayor.

The community name is derived from the North Sotho word for place where people gather .

Localities

• Bakgage
• Bankuna
• Batlhabine Ba Magoboya
• Dwarsfontein
• Haenertsburg
• Letsitele
• Maleketla
• Mashilwane
• Modjadji
• Nkambak
• Nwamitwa
• Nyavana
• Politsi
• Rubbervale
• Tzaneen

population

In 2011 the community had 390,095 inhabitants. 96.4% of them were black and 3% white.

The first language was Sepedi ( 46%) , Xitsonga ( 40.8%) , Sesotho ( 4.3%) , Afrikaans ( 2.6%) and English (1.6%).

Web links

• The community site (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality (LIM333) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
2. ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
3. ↑ 2011 census: Greater Tzaneen . accessed on July 15, 2020.
4. ^ Statistics South Africa : Greater Tzaneen . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).