Mahikeng Local Municipality
Mahikeng Municipality is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana word meaning "place of rocks".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 290,000 residents
- Description: local municipality in the North West, South Africa
- Also known as: “Mafikeng” and “Mafikeng Municipality”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahikeng.
Mahikeng
Photo: South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0.
Mahikeng, also known as Mafikeng and Mafeking, is a town of 15,000 people in North West Province, South Africa. The town has many resorts, popular around the summer season. It is famous for the Siege of Mafeking, in which Robert Baden-Powell rose to fame.
Mahikeng Local Municipality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mahikeng Local Municipality” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mafikeng Plaaslike Munisipaliteit”
- Afrikaans: “Mahikeng Plaaslike Munisipaliteit”
- Cebuano: “Mafikeng”
- Chinese: “梅富根地方自治市”
- Dutch: “Mahikeng Local Municipality”
- French: “Mahikeng”
- French: “municipalité locale de Mahikeng”
- German: “Mahikeng Local Municipality”
- German: “Mahikeng”
- Italian: “Municipalità locale di Mafikeng”
- Italian: “Municipalità locale di Mahikeng”
- Japanese: “マフィケング地方自治体”
- Novial: “Mafikeng Komunie, Sud Afrika”
- Pedi: “Mahikeng Mmusogae”
- Pedi: “Mmušoselegae wa Mahikeng”
- Polish: “Mahikeng”
- Russian: “Мафикенг”
- Slovenian: “Mahikeng”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Lleol Mahikeng”
- Zulu: “Mahikeng Local Municipality”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lomanyaneng and Grantleigh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cannon Kopje Fort and Mahikeng.
North West Province: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Rustenburg, Mahikeng, Potchefstroom, and Klerksdorp.
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