Mopani District Municipality

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Mopani is a district within the province of Limpopo in South Africa. He has 1,092,507 inhabitants (as of 2011) on a total area of ​​11,098 km ². Seat of the district administration is Giyani.

The district is named after the there frequently occurring Mopane tree. Word origin is in Tshivenda mupani ( in Sepedi motlhanare in Xitsonga muxanatsi ).

Communities with their largest cities

  • Ba - Phalaborwa
  • Greater Giyani
  • Greater Letaba
  • Greater Tzaneen
  • Maruleng

National Parks and Nature Reserves

  • Modjadji Nature Reserve
  • Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve

Mineral resources

In the Murchison Range win several mines antimony ores, the presence of which are of global importance.

Administrative centre Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Greater Giyani Local Municipality Greater Letaba Local Municipality Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality Maruleng Local Municipality Capricorn District Municipality Sekhukhune District Municipality Vhembe District Municipality Waterberg District Municipality
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