Mokopane
Mokopane, formerly known as Potgietersrus, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town name was changed to Mokopane in 2003 in honour of a local Ma Nrebele leader, King Mghombane Gheghana, who ruled the area before being conquered by the Voortrekkers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 30,200 residents
- Description: town in Limpopo, South Africa
- Also known as: “Potgietersrus” and “Potgietersrust”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre.
Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre
The Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre was established in 1979 and opened to the public in October 1981, as a satellite of the National Zoological Garden, Pretoria Zoo.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahwelereng.
Mahwelereng
Suburb
Mahwelereng is a township in the Mogalakwena Local Municipality of the Waterberg District Municipality of the Limpopo Province of South Africa, It is about 2 km from Mokopane.
Mokopane
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Mogalakwena, Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-24.1833° or 24° 11′ southLongitude
29.0167° or 29° 1′ eastPopulation
30,200Elevation
1,117 metres (3,665 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZCEOpen location code
5G7FR288+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 52132483OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mokopane” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mokopane”
- Afrikaans: “Potgietersrus”
- Afrikaans: “Vredenburg”
- Arabic: “موكوبانى”
- Asturian: “Mokopane”
- Bengali: “মুকুপানে”
- Bulgarian: “Мокопане”
- Cebuano: “Mokopane”
- Chinese: “波特希特斯勒斯”
- Chinese: “莫科帕內”
- Chinese: “莫科帕内”
- Danish: “Mokopane”
- Dutch: “Mokopane”
- Dutch: “Potgietersrus”
- Dutch: “Potgieterus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موكوبانى”
- Esperanto: “Mokopane”
- Estonian: “Mokopane”
- Finnish: “Mokopane”
- French: “Mokopane”
- French: “Potgetiersrus”
- French: “Potgietersrus”
- French: “Potgietersrus/Mokopane”
- German: “Mokopane”
- German: “Potgietersrus”
- Greek: “Ποτγιέτερσρους”
- Gujarati: “મોકોપેન”
- Hindi: “मोकोपेन”
- Indonesian: “Mokopane”
- Italian: “Mokopane”
- Japanese: “ポトギーテルスルス”
- Kannada: “ಮೊಕೊಪೇನ್”
- Korean: “모코파네”
- Latvian: “Mokopane”
- Lithuanian: “Mokopanė”
- Malagasy: “Mokopane”
- Malay: “Mokopane”
- Marathi: “मोकोपेंन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mokopane”
- Pedi: “Mokopane”
- Pennsylvania German: “Potgietersrus”
- Polish: “Mokopane”
- Polish: “Potgietersrus”
- Portuguese: “Mokopane”
- Romanian: “Potgietersrus”
- Russian: “Мокопане”
- Russian: “Потгитерсрус”
- Russian: “Потхитерсрюс”
- Sinhala: “මොකොපෙන්”
- Spanish: “Mokopane”
- Swahili: “Mokopane”
- Swedish: “Mokopane”
- Tamil: “மோகோபென்”
- Telugu: “మోకోపేన్”
- Thai: “โมโคพาเน่”
- Turkish: “Mokopane”
- Ukrainian: “Мокопане”
- Urdu: “موکوپانی”
- Venda: “Mokopane”
- Vietnamese: “Mokopane”
- Zulu: “IMokopane”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Crossing and Mokopane Mall.
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