Phokeng
Sign in to savePhokeng is a suburb in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as Magatostad among white South Africans.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Phokeng
- Settlement.native_name
- Magatostad
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Heke ya Phokeng.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Photo of Heke ya Phokeng Entance
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa North West#South 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
- Bojanala Platinum
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Rustenburg
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1140
- Settlement.government_type
- Monarchy
- Settlement.leader_party
- Bafokeng
- Settlement.leader_title
- King
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Rustenburg Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1166
- Image
- Heke ya Phokeng.jpg
- Dialing code
- 012
Show 1 more fact
- postal code
- 0335
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- People
- Demographics (2001)
- Sport
- References
Phokeng is a suburb in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as Magatostad among white South Africans.
==Etymology== Phokeng gained its name from the Sesotho word for dew, Phoka, hence Place of dew. It is believed to have first been settled in the late 17th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phokeng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0