Tsantsabane Local Municipality
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Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Siyanda District
of the Northern Cape
in South Africa
.
Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g the hematite
).
Siyanda District Municipality
Siyanda is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Siyanda is Upington. The majority of its 209 883 people speak Afrikaans...
of the Northern Cape
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
in 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...
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Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g the hematite
Hematite
Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is the mineral form of iron oxide , one of several iron oxides. Hematite crystallizes in the rhombohedral system, and it has the same crystal structure as ilmenite and corundum...
).