List of cities and towns in Limpopo
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This is a list of cities and towns in the Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...

 province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Since 2003 a number of cities and towns have changed their names, however some of these name changes haven't yet become widely accepted, and some towns still have the previous name as more common.

A

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Afguns near Ellisras
Alldays
Alldays, Limpopo
Alldays is a small town in the Limpopo province of South Africa that serves a large area of private game and hunting farms. Population is 1,813....

Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...


B

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Bandelierkop Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...

Ba-Phalaborwa Valley of the Olifants (previously Phalaborwa
Phalaborwa
Phalaborwa is a town situated in the Mopani district, halfway up along the length of the Kruger National Park in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The Lowveld, also known as Valley of the Olifants, has the highest winter temperatures in South Africa. The rainfall is low and the average winter...

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Bela-Bela Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

(previously Warmbaths http://sagns.dac.gov.za/Public/OldPlaceNames.aspx?Contains=W)"boiling place"
Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

renamed to Senwabarwana
Bosbokrand Valley of the Olifants

D

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Dendron renamed to Mogwadi
Duiwelskloof
Duiwelskloof
Modjadjiskloof, also known by its pre-2004 name Duiwelskloof is a small town situated at the foot of the escarpment in the Limpopo province of South Africa.- Name change :...

Valley of the Olifants (renamed in 2004 to Modjadjiskloof)

E

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Ellisras see Lephalale
Lephalale
Ellisras or Lephalale is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately north of the Waterberg Massif. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the...


G

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Gravelotte
Gravelotte, Limpopo
Gravelotte is a small town situated in the east of the Limpopo province of South Africa. Nearby towns include Tzaneen to the west, Hoedspruit to the south-east and Phalaborwa to the east. It is likely that the town was named after the town of Gravelotte in France.-Location:Gravelotte is located in...

Valley of the Olifants

G

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
GIYANI
Gravelotte, Limpopo
Gravelotte is a small town situated in the east of the Limpopo province of South Africa. Nearby towns include Tzaneen to the west, Hoedspruit to the south-east and Phalaborwa to the east. It is likely that the town was named after the town of Gravelotte in France.-Location:Gravelotte is located in...

Valley of the Great giyani

H

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Haenertsburg
Haenertsburg
Haenertsburg is a village situated on the edge of the Great Escarpment in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, on the R71 road between Polokwane and Tzaneen....

Capricorn
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit
Hoedspruit is a town situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg , in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden.-Economy:...

Valley of the Olifants

K

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Klaserie Valley of the Olifants

L

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Lephalale
Lephalale
Ellisras or Lephalale is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately north of the Waterberg Massif. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after the original farm owners, Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus. In 2002, Ellisras was renamed Lephalale by the...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

(previously Ellisras)
Letsitele
Letsitele
Letsitele is a small town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is a farming district, primarily citrus, tobacco, beef cattle and other fruits....

Valley of the Olifants
Leydsdorp
Leydsdorp
Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa....

Valley of the Olifants
Louis Trichardt Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...


M

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Modimolle
Modimolle
Modimolle is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming as well as wildlife and tourism...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

(previously Nylstroom http://sagns.dac.gov.za/Public/OldPlaceNames.aspx?Contains=N)(place of spirits)
Modjadjiskloof (previously Duiwelskloof
Duiwelskloof
Modjadjiskloof, also known by its pre-2004 name Duiwelskloof is a small town situated at the foot of the escarpment in the Limpopo province of South Africa.- Name change :...

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Mogwadi (previously Dendron
Dendron
Dendron can refer to:Research NetworksDementias & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research NetworkPlacenames*Dendron, Cumbria: a small English village/hamlet containing a well known church.*Dendron, Limpopo, South Africa...

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Mokopane
Mokopane
Mokopane , is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town was established by the Voortrekkers and named Potgietersrus after the slain Voortrekker leader Piet Potgieter...

Capricorn (previously Potgietersrus) (named after the 1850s chief of the Tlou tribe)
Mookgophong Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

(formerly Naboomspruit
Naboomspruit
Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established in 1910 when tin was discovered here...

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Messina see Musina
Musina
Musina or Messina is the northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border to Zimbabwe. It has a population of between 20,000 and 40,000. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the...

Musina
Musina
Musina or Messina is the northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border to Zimbabwe. It has a population of between 20,000 and 40,000. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the...

Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...

(previously Messina) (means "copper")

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Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Naboomspruit
Naboomspruit
Mookgophong, also known by its former name, Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established in 1910 when tin was discovered here...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

(also known as its recent new name Mookgophong)
Nylstroom renamed Modimolle
Modimolle
Modimolle is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming as well as wildlife and tourism...


O

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Ofcolaco
Ofcolaco
Ofcolaco is a tiny village situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa that was named after the Officers Colonial Land Company and formed by demobilised British and Indian army officers after the First World War....

Valley of the Olifants

P

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Phalaborwa
Phalaborwa
Phalaborwa is a town situated in the Mopani district, halfway up along the length of the Kruger National Park in the Limpopo province in South Africa. The Lowveld, also known as Valley of the Olifants, has the highest winter temperatures in South Africa. The rainfall is low and the average winter...

Valley of the Olifants Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is Phalaborwa.- External links :*...

 
Mopani District Municipality
Mopani District Municipality
Mopani is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. The majority of its 964 195 people speak Tsonga or Northern Sotho . The district code is DC33...

 
renamed Ba-Phalaborwa
Polokwane
Polokwane
Polokwane, meaning "Place of Safety",is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former name, Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. The population...

Capricorn (previously Pietersburg http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=60522)"place of safety"
Potgietersrus renamed Mokopane
Mokopane
Mokopane , is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town was established by the Voortrekkers and named Potgietersrus after the slain Voortrekker leader Piet Potgieter...


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Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Roedtan
Roedtan
Roedtan is a small town in the Limpopo province, South Africa. The surrounding area is known as the Springbok Flats, a reminder of the great herds of Springbok that once populated the plain. These plains were also frequented by lions and other wild animals. Roedtan has a rail road station from...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...


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Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Senwabarwana (previously Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

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Seshego
Seshego
Seshego is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town lies directly northwest of Polokwane. In 2001 its population was 121,639. Until 1974 Seshego was the capital of the non-independent bantustan of Lebowa, which was abolished in 1994...

Capricorn

T

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Thabazimbi
Thabazimbi
Thabazimbi is an iron mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is situated at the feet of the Ysterberg and is surrounded by the Witfonteinrand and Boshofberg with the majestic Kransberg in the background. The name Thabazimbi means mountain of iron because of the large iron ore...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

Thohoyandou
Thohoyandou
Thohoyandou is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Vhembe District Municipality and Thulamela Local Municipality. It is also known for being the former capital of the bantustan of Venda....

Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...

Tzaneen
Tzaneen
Tzaneen is a small town situated in the Mopani district of the Limpopo province in South Africa. It is in a fertile region with tropical and subtropical agriculture taking place in a 20,000 km² region...

Valley of the Olifants

V

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Vaalwater
Vaalwater
Vaalwater is a small town situated on the Mokolo River in the Limpopo province of South Africa.- Location :The town, unlike other towns in the Limpopo province, is not located on a national road, of which the nearest one is at Nylstroom/Modimolle. It does however lie halfway on a road streching...

Bushveld
Bushveld
The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa that encompasses most of Limpopo Province and a small part of the North West Province of South Africa, the Central and North-East Districts of Botswana and the Matabeleland South and part of th Matabeleland North provinces of...

Vivo
Vivo, Limpopo
Vivo is a small village in the northern part of Limpopo province, South Africa. It is situated on the road between Polokwane and Musina; the towns located closest to it are Alldays and Louis Trichardt. The main economic activities in the area are farming and conservation...

Soutpansberg
Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in the far north of South Africa. It is named for the salt pan located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity at in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some due east...


Z

Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name
Zebedeila Capricorn  Capricorn District Municipality
Capricorn District Municipality
Capricorn is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The seat of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho...

 
Zion City Moria Capricorn
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