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Mahikeng

Also known as Mafikeng, Mafeking

Mahikeng (Tswana for "Place of Rocks"), formerly known as Mafikeng and alternatively known as Mafeking (, ), is the capital city of the North West province of South Africa.

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Mahikeng is the capital city of South Africa's North West province, and its name comes from the Tswana language, meaning "Place of Rocks." It matters as the administrative center of its province and as a significant city in South Africa's political and regional governance.

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Settlement.name: Mafikeng
Settlement.official_name: Mahikeng
Settlement.other_name: Mafeking
Settlement.settlement_type: Provincial Capital
Settlement.image_skyline: Mafikeng, North West, South Africa (20506154516).jpg
Settlement.caption: Streetview of Mahikeng
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa North West#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North West
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ngaka Modiri Molema
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mahikeng
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1852

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Establishment
Siege of Mafeking
Incorporation into Bophuthatswana
Capital of North-West Province
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Mahikeng (Tswana for "Place of Rocks"), formerly known as Mafikeng and alternatively known as Mafeking (, ), is the capital city of the North West province of South Africa.

Close to South Africa's border with Botswana, Mafikeng is northeast of Cape Town and west of Johannesburg. In 2001 it had a population of 49,300. In 2007 Mafikeng was reported to have a population of 250,000, of which the CBD constituted between 69,000 and 75,000. It is built on the open veld at an elevation of , by the banks of the Upper Molopo River. The Madibi goldfields are some south of the town.

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