Lebowakgomo

Lebowakgomo is the seat of the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality and was the capital of the former Bantustan of Lebowa. Lebowakgomo lies southeast of the Limpopo capital of Polokwane. The majority of Lebowakgomo's inhabitants speak SePedi.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lebowakgomo
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Limpopo
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Capricorn
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Lepelle-Nkumpi
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 25.68
Settlement.population_total: 35087
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Health facilities
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Neighbouring communities
Notable people
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== History == The township was established in the early 1970s to become the capital of Lebowa, and was enlarged and developed in the 1980s. The name is derived from two Northern Sotho words Lebowa ("north") and Kgomo ("cow"). The land where Lebowakgomo is located was donated to the former Lebowa Government by Chief Mmutle Mphahlele of the Bakgaga ba gaMphahlele. The chief's palace lies 10 km southeast of the township in Seleteng village.

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