Pudimoe or Pudumong is a town in
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality
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in the
North West
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province of
South Africa
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.
The town is located about north of
Taung
Taung is a small town situated in the North West Province of South Africa. The name means ''place of the lion'' and was named after Tau, the King of the Barolong people. ''Tau'' is the Tswana word for lion.
Taung skull fossil site
In 1924, a sk ...
and south-west of
Schweizer-Reneke
Schweizer-Reneke, sometimes referred to as Schweizer, is a town in the North West Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre of Mamusa Local Municipality. . The name, derived from the
Tswana language
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, means “place of
goats
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”. It formerly bore the adapted name Pudimoe, which is still in use at the town’s train station.
References
Lere, the flower that grew on a concrete .
AMOR FATI
Populated places in the Greater Taung Local Municipality
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