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North West Province

The North West Province, provides a link between South Africa and Botswana. The province is the largest platinum production area in the world, and its Stelland area is the "Texas of South Africa" with some of the biggest cattle herds in the world.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Rustenburg and Mahikeng.

is the largest city in 's North West Province, with a population of 550,000 in 2011.

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, 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.

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is a city of 43,000 people that is part of JB Marks Local Municipality in North West Province. It is a university town with several museums and historical sites.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Klerksdorp and Sun City.

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is a mining and agricultural city of 186,000 people in North West Province. Together with Rustenburg, forms the economic heart of North West Province.

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is often called the Las Vegas. It is a resort with casino, golf estate and a theme park.

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is a town of 18,000 people in the North West Province. is mainly known for its cultural background and holding cultural events such as the annual Cultural Calabash.

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is an agricultural town of 21,000 people in North West Province. The town today is an industrial and agricultural hub. Its modern architecture blends naturally with its surroundings and the well-preserved old buildings are carefully maintained.

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is an agricultural town of about 2,300 inhabitants on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province.

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The Pilansberg National Park is a few kilometres from in . It is known for its beautiful landscape and ideal, if you are staying near and do not have time to go to the .

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is a small town nestled between the Magaliesberg Mountains and Dam in the North West Province of . It is a resort area, and boy will you know it, drawing a lot of visitors from Pretoria and elsewhere.

North West Province

Latitude of center
-26.5° or 26° 30′ south
Longitude of center
26° east
Population
3,800,000
Elevation
1,453 metres (4,767 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1085598
Wiki­data ID
Q165956
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“North West Province” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Wes”
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Wesprovinsie”
  • Afrikaans: “Noordwes”
  • Arabic: “الشمالية الغربية”
  • Arabic: “الشماليه الغربيه”
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة الشمالية الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսարևմտյան նահանգ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia del Noroeste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal-Qərb vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходняя правінцыя”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর পশ্চিম প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Gwalarn”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападна провинция”
  • Catalan: “Província de Nord-Oest”
  • Catalan: “Província del Nord-oest”
  • Cebuano: “Province of North West”
  • Chinese: “Sai-pak Séng”
  • Chinese: “西北省”
  • Croatian: “North West”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní provincie”
  • Danish: “Nordvest”
  • Danish: “North West”
  • Dutch: “Noordwest-Provincie”
  • Dutch: “Noordwest”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Provinco”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidento”
  • Estonian: “Loodeprovints”
  • Faroese: “North West”
  • Finnish: “Luoteismaakunta”
  • Finnish: “North West”
  • French: “Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Province du Nord-Ouest”
  • Galician: “Noroeste (Suráfrica)”
  • Galician: “Noroeste”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი”
  • German: “Nordwest”
  • German: “North West”
  • German: “Provinz Nordwest”
  • German: “ZA-NW”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Περιφέρεια, Νότια Αφρική”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Περιφέρεια”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થ વેસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî-pet-sén”
  • Hebrew: “הפרובינציה הצפון-מערבית”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमोत्तर (दक्षिण अफ्रीकी प्रान्त)”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमोत्तर प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Északnyugati Tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “North West Province”
  • Hungarian: “North West”
  • Indonesian: “Barat Laut”
  • Indonesian: “North West”
  • Italian: “North West”
  • Italian: “provincia del Nordovest”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Nordovest”
  • Japanese: “北西州”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ದ. ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “노스 웨스트 주”
  • Korean: “노스웨스트주”
  • Korean: “북서 주”
  • Korean: “북서부 주”
  • Korean: “케이프 주”
  • Korean: “트란스발 주”
  • Latin: “Provincia boreoccidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumi”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Vakarai”
  • Macedonian: “Северозапад”
  • Macedonian: “Северозападна покраина”
  • Malay: “North West, Afrika Selatan”
  • Malay: “North West”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थ वेस्ट”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थ-वेस्ट”
  • Marathi: “वायव्य प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pak Séng (Lâm-hui-kok)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pak Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdwaast (Prowins uun Süüdaafrika)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurdwaast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bokone Bophirima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North West”
  • Norwegian: “Bokone Bophirima”
  • Novial: “Nord-west Provinse”
  • Nyanja: “North West”
  • Pedi: “Leboa Bodikela”
  • Pedi: “Leboa Bohlabela Transvaal”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی (استان آفریقای جنوبی)”
  • Persian: “شمال غربی”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Północno-Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Portuguese: “Província do Noroeste”
  • Romanian: “Provincia North West”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западная провинция”
  • Scots: “North Wast”
  • Serbian: “Severozapadna pokrajina”
  • Serbian: “Северозападна покрајина”
  • Serbian: “Северозападна Покрајина”
  • Serbian: “Северозападна провинција”
  • Serbian: “Сјеверозападна провинција”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “North West”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverozapad”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු බටහිර”
  • Sinhala: “වයඹ පළාත, දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව”
  • Slovenian: “North West”
  • Somali: “North West Province”
  • Southern Sotho: “Leboya Bophirimela”
  • Spanish: “Noroeste”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Noroeste”
  • Swahili: “Kaskazini-Magharibi”
  • Swahili: “North West”
  • Swati: “North West”
  • Swedish: “Nordvästprovinsen, Sydafrika”
  • Swedish: “Nordvästprovinsen”
  • Swedish: “North West”
  • Swedish: “North-West”
  • Tajik: “вилояти Шимолу Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “வட மேற்கு”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш провинциясе”
  • Telugu: “నార్త్ వెస్ట్”
  • Thai: “นอร์ธเวสท์”
  • Tswana: “Bokone Bophirim”
  • Tswana: “Bokone Bophirima”
  • Tswana: “North West”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-Західна провінція”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی (جنوبی افریقی صوبہ)”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی”
  • Venda: “Devhula-Vhukovhela”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc”
  • Volapük: “Nolüdavesüdiän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan-Katundan (Salatan nga Aprika)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan-Katundan”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا لہندا صوبہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا لیندا”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北省 (南非)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北省（南非）”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北省”
  • Xhosa: “IPhondo yaseMntla-Ntshona”
  • Yoruba: “Àríwá-Ìwọòrùn”
  • Yoruba: “North West Province”
  • Yoruba: “North West”
  • Yue Chinese: “西北省”
  • Zulu: “INyakatho-Ntshonalanga”
  • Zulu: “Nyakatho-Ntshonalanga”

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