Sithopo

Sithopo is a railway siding in , , and has an elevation of 1,276 metres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mahikeng and Mmabatho.

Photo: South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0.
, also known as Mafikeng and Mafeking, is a town of 15,000 people in , South Africa. The town has many resorts, popular around the summer season. It is famous for the Siege of Mafeking, in which Robert Baden-Powell rose to fame.

Suburb
is the former capital of the North-West Province of . During the apartheid era, it was the capital of the former "Bantustan" of Bophuthatswana, separated from the adjacent Mafeking which temporarily remained outside Bophuthatswana. is situated 9 km north of Sithopo.

Sithopo

Latitude
-25.9199° or 25° 55′ 12″ south
Longitude
25.61819° or 25° 37′ 6″ east
Elevation
1,276 metres (4,186 feet)
Open location code
5G673JJ9+27
Geo­Names ID
955384
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