Makwassie
Makwassie is a small farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa that produces maize, sorghum, groundnuts and milk. The word makwassie is a corruption of the San word for an aromatic wild spearmint.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Makwassie
- Type: Town with 16,000 residents
- Description: town in the North West, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Maquassi Hills Local Municipality, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.3142° or 27° 18′ 51″ southLongitude
25.99497° or 25° 59′ 42″ eastPopulation
16,000Elevation
1,315 metres (4,314 feet)Open location code
5G47MXPV+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 262709246OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
979910Wikidata ID
Q3643549
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Makwassie” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Makwassie”
- Asturian: “Makwassie”
- Dutch: “Makwassie”
- Estonian: “Makwassie”
- Pedi: “Maquassi”
- Romanian: “Makwassie”
- Zulu: “IMakwassie”
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