Tzaneen
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 50 ′ S , 30 ° 10 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Limpopo | |||
| District | Mopani | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | ||
| local community | Greater Tzaneen | ||
| height | 724 m | ||
| Residents | 14,571 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1912 | ||
| Website | www.tzaneen.gov.za (English) | ||
 Tea plantation in Tzaneen
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Tzaneen is a city in the Limpopo province of South Africa . It is the administrative seat of the Greater Tzaneen municipality in the Mopani district . The name probably comes from the North Sotho word tsaneng (German: meeting place) or from tzana (German: basket) for the city's location in the middle of hills.
geography
In 2011 Tzaneen had 14,571 inhabitants. The city lies on the banks of the Letaba River . Your surroundings are densely populated. In 2011, 390,095 people lived in the Greater Tzaneen community. The climate is subtropical with warm, rainy summers and mild winters. The average temperatures are 28 ° C in summer and 15 ° C in winter. Tzaneen lies at an altitude of 724 meters above sea level.
history
Various Sotho tribes had lived in the area around Tzaneen for a long time . Already before 1890 the Boers founded so-called occupation farms there, some of which were abandoned due to the isolation and the malaria- causing Anopheles mosquitoes . In 1892 the Westphalian farmer Heinrich Schulte-Altenroxel built a hotel with a post office, shop and farm in Neu-Agatha, south of today's Tzaneen, which was followed by further land development.
In 1903 the Tzaneen region was chosen by the Transvaal administration to develop agriculture there. In 1912 the rail connection followed, which resulted in urban development.
Until 1994 there were several areas of the homelands Gazankulu and Lebowa around Tzaneen , which are still densely populated today. In 2005 an attempt to name the city after the ANC activist Mark Shope failed due to resistance from numerous local politicians.
Economy and Transport
Tzaneen is located in a fertile region that allows the cultivation of tropical and subtropical fruits such as mangoes , bananas, oranges and avocados . Around Tzaneen there are pine and eucalyptus plantations as well as yellow , stink and ironwood trees ( Olea capensis , Vepris undulata ). There are numerous sawmills.
Sights around Tzaneen include the Tzaneen Dam reservoir (formerly: Fanie Botha Dam ), the Magoebaskloof pass , the Modjadji - Zykadeenwald and a tea growing area . There are several animal sanctuaries nearby. Outside the city is a sanctuary for the southern green monkey monkey .
Tzaneen is located on the railway line from Komatipoort to Musina on the border of Zimbabwe and at the intersection of major roads R36 and R71 . Tzaneen Airport ( IATA code FATZ) is located south of Tzaneen .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Map of the Mopani district ( Memento from April 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
- Information on Tzaneen
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed October 5, 2013
- ^ South Africa travel guide , accessed June 7, 2010
- ↑ Information on Tzaneen , accessed on June 5, 2010
- ^ Heinrich Schulte-Altenroxel: I was looking for land in Africa: memories of a colonial pioneer in the northern Transvaal , with 95 drawings by Karl Stratil. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1942, p. 192 ff
- ↑ Report on allafrica.com (English), accessed on June 7, 2010
- ↑ Information on airports ( Memento from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )