Lichtenburg
Lichtenburg is a small town situated in North West Province, South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The town was established in 1873 and was named by Transvaal President Thomas François Burgers as Lichtenburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 26,300 residents
- Description: town situated in the North West Province of South Africa
- Also known as: “Lichtenburg, North West” and “Lichtenburg, South Africa”
Lichtenburg
Latitude
-26.1499° or 26° 8′ 60″ southLongitude
26.1593° or 26° 9′ 33″ eastPopulation
26,300Elevation
1,486 metres (4,875 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA LICOpen location code
5G58V525+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 262721003OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lichtenburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lichtenburg”
- Arabic: “ليختنبرغ”
- Armenian: “Լիխտեմբուրգ”
- Asturian: “Lichtenburg”
- Cebuano: “Lichtenburg”
- Chinese: “利赫滕堡 (西北省)”
- Chinese: “利赫滕堡”
- Dutch: “Lichtenburg”
- Estonian: “Lichtenburg”
- French: “Lichtenburg”
- German: “Lichtenburg”
- Italian: “Lichtenburg”
- Japanese: “リヒテンバーグ”
- Malagasy: “Lichtenburg”
- Pedi: “Lichtenburg”
- Polish: “Lichtenburg”
- Romanian: “Lichtenburg”
- Russian: “Лихтенбург”
- Russian: “Лихтенбурге”
- Silesian: “Lichtenburg (Republika Połedńowyj Afriki)”
- Silesian: “Lichtenburg”
- Tswana: “Lichtenburg”
- Zulu: “ILichtenburg, INyakatho-Ntshonalanga”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lichtenburg Museum and Magistrate Court Lichtenburg.
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