Dibeng is a town in John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in the

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province of

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, situated on the banks of the dry Gamagara River. The name is

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in origin, from ''deben'', and means "first drinking place". Deben is a variant spelling.

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Populated places in the Gamagara Local Municipality {{NorthernCape-geo-stub

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