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province | North West |
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Capital | Vryburg |
Residents | 463.815 (2011) |
surface | 47.478 km² |
website | unknown |
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Bophirima lies in the south african province North West. The official name of the district is Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Regions
Bophirima adjoins the Central District and the Southern District as well as to the province Northern Cape and the neighboring country Botswana.
places
Other goals
- Taung. In 1924, the skull of a prehistoric man was found in a quarry near the small town in the south of the region. The site has belonged to the same name since 2005, along with a few other sites cradle of humanity to the UNESCO world heritage.
- Molopo Game Reserve in the north on the border with Botswana
background
The region was briefly named a Boer republic in the 19th century Stellaland.
language
getting there
The region can be reached from Johannesburg about the N14, the distance from the Airport to Vryburg is approx. 410 km.