Murchison
Murchison is a town in Mopani District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Mining village 20 km north-east of Leydsdorp and 44 km west of Phalaborwa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,540 residents
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Murchison, Limpopo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gravelotte.
Gravelotte
Suburb
Gravelotte is a small town situated in the east of the Limpopo province of South Africa. Mining centre 10 km north-east of Leydsdorp and 52 km north-west of Hoedspruit. Gravelotte is situated 10 km southwest of Murchison.
Murchison
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-23.9° or 23° 54′ southLongitude
30.69167° or 30° 41′ 30″ eastPopulation
1,540Elevation
527 metres (1,729 feet)Open location code
5G8G3MXR+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 262712880OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
972572Wikidata ID
Q6937538
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venda—“Murchison” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Murchison, Limpopo”
- Afrikaans: “Murchison”
- Asturian: “Murchison”
- Dutch: “Murchison”
- Japanese: “マーチソン”
- Pedi: “Murchison, Limpopo”
- Pedi: “Murchison”
- Southern Sotho: “Murchison, Limpopo”
- Southern Sotho: “Murchison”
- Tsonga: “Murchison, Limpopo”
- Tsonga: “Murchison”
- Venda: “Murchison, Limpopo”
- Venda: “Murchison”
- “Murchison”
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