Giyani

Also known as Kaya ra Swilo

Giyani is a town in the north-eastern part of the province of Limpopo, South Africa, and serves as the main place in the Greater Giyani Local Municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Giyani
Settlement.image_skyline: Giyani.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: A traffic junction and shopping centre in central Giyani
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Limpopo#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Limpopo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mopani
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Greater Giyani
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19.51
Settlement.population_total: 25954
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Wikidata facts

Area: 19.51
Elevation: 484
Image: Giyani.JPG
Dialing code: 015

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inception: 1903-01-01
postal code: 0826
Commons category: Giyani

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Giyani is a town in the north-eastern part of the province of Limpopo, South Africa, and serves as the main place in the Greater Giyani Local Municipality.

The town is the administrative capital of the Mopani District Municipality and a former capital of the former Gazankulu Bantustan. Giyani town is divided into seven sections: Section A, Section D1, Section D2, Section E, Section F, Kremetart, and Giyani CBD.Giyani extends to 91 villages.