Bushbuckridge
Bushbuckridge is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It grew around a trading store that opened in 1884, and is named after the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.
- Type: Town with 2,110 residents
- Description: town in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Also known as: “Mapulaneng”, “Μαπούλανενγκ”, and “Мапуланенг”
Bushbuckridge
Latitude
-24.83356° or 24° 50′ 1″ south
Longitude
31.06773° or 31° 4′ 4″ east
Population
2,110
Elevation
845 metres (2,772 feet)
Open location code
5G7H5389+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bushbuckridge” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bosbokrand”
- Asturian: “Bushbuckridge”
- Cebuano: “Bosbokrand”
- Chinese: “布希巴克里奇”
- Dutch: “Bushbuckridge”
- Estonian: “Bushbuckridge”
- French: “Bushbuckridge”
- German: “Bushbuckridge”
- Greek: “Μπούσμπακριδζ”
- Italian: “Bushbuckridge”
- Latin: “Mapulanengum”
- Pedi: “Bushbuckridge”
- Portuguese: “Bushbuckridge”
- Romanian: “Bosbokrand”
- Romanian: “Bushbuckridge”
- Russian: “Бушбакридж”
- Swedish: “Bushbuckridge”
- Tsonga: “Bushbuckridge”
- Venda: “Bushbuckridge”
- Western Panjabi: “بشبکرج”
- Zulu: “IBushbuckridge”
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Highlights: Twin City and Bushbuckridge Shopping Centre.
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