This is a list of cities and towns in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Since 2003, a number of cities and towns have changed their names and may yet to be widely accepted and some of these place names remain the same as previously.
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Afguns | near Ellisras | |||
Alldays | Soutpansberg |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name | |
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Bandelierkop | Soutpansberg | ||||
Ba-Phalaborwa | Valley of the Olifants | renamed Phalaborwa | |||
Bela-Bela | Bushveld | (previously Warmbaths [1])"boiling place" | |||
Bochum | renamed to Senwabarwana | ||||
Bosbokrand | Valley of the Olifants | ||||
Baltimore, Limpopo | Blouberg | Capricorn |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Dendron | renamed to Mogwadi | |||
Duiwelskloof | Valley of the Olifants | (renamed in 2004 to Modjadjiskloof) |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Ellisras | Bushveld Region | Lephalale Local Municipality | Waterberg District Municipality | see Lephalale |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Gravelotte | Valley of the Olifants | |||
Giyani | Greater Giyani | Mopani |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Haenertsburg | Mopani | |||
Hoedspruit | Valley of the Olifants |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Klaserie | Valley of the Olifants |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Lebowakgomo | Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality | Capricorn District Municipality | ||
Ellisras | Bushveld | Lephalale Local Municipality | Waterberg District Municipality | renamed Lephalale |
Letsitele | Valley of the Olifants | |||
Leydsdorp | Valley of the Olifants | |||
Louis Trichardt | Soutpansberg | Vhembe District |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Mankweng | Capricorn District Municipality | Capricorn | (previously Turfloop) | |
Maruleng Local Municipality | ||||
Modimolle | Bushveld | (previously Nylstroom [2])(place of spirits) | ||
Modjadjiskloof | (previously Duiwelskloof) | |||
Mogwadi | (previously Dendron) | |||
Mokopane | Waterberg | (previously Potgietersrus) (named after the 1850s chief of the Tlou tribe) | ||
Mookgophong | Bushveld | (formerly Naboomspruit) | ||
Messina | see Musina | |||
Musina | Soutpansberg | (previously Messina) (means "copper") |
malamulele Collins chabane municipality
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Naboomspruit | Bushveld | (also known as its recent new name 'Mookgophong) | ||
Nkowankowa | renamed Modimolle |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Ofcolaco | Valley of the Olifants |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Phalaborwa | Valley of the Olifants | Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality | Mopani District Municipality | (previously Ba-Phalaborwa "Better than the South" |
Polokwane | Capricorn | (previously Pietersburg [3])"place of safety" | ||
Potgietersrus | renamed Mokopane |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Roedtan | Bushveld |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Senwabarwana | (previously Bochum) | |||
Seshego | Capricorn | |||
Sekgopo | Mopani District | Greater Letaba Municipality |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name | ||
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Thabazimbi | Bushveld | |||||
Thohoyandou | Soutpansberg | Thulamela | Vhembe | |||
Tzaneen | Valley of the Olifants |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Vaalwater | Bushveld | |||
Vivo | Soutpansberg |
Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
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Zebedeila | Capricorn | Capricorn District Municipality | ||
Zion City Moria | Capricorn |
Mashashane