Thaba Phatswa is a town in
Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC19
Geography Neighbour ...
in the
Free State province of
South Africa
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.
Town some 30 km south-east of
Thaba Nchu
Thaba 'Nchu is a town in Free State, South Africa, 63 km east of Bloemfontein and 17 km east of Botshabelo. The population is largely made up of Tswana and Sotho people. The town was settled in December 1833 and officially established ...
and 22 km north of
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. It takes its name from the mountain a few kilometres to the south-west. Said to be of Tswana origin and to mean ‘black with white spots’.
References
Populated places in the Mantsopa Local Municipality
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