Thaba Phatswa is a town in
Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Witsieshoek. As of 2011, a majority of its 725,932 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC19
Geography Ne ...
in the
Free State province of
South Africa
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.
The town lies some 30 km south-east of
Thaba Nchu
Thaba 'Nchu, also known as Blesberg (''bald mountain'' in Afrikaans), is a town in Free State, South Africa, 63 km east of Bloemfontein and 17 km east of Botshabelo. The population is largely made up of Tswana and Sotho people. The to ...
and 22 km north of
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. It takes its name, said to be of Tswana origin and to mean ‘black with white spots’, from the mountain a few kilometres to the south-west.
References
Populated places in the Mantsopa Local Municipality
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