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ID: 1093850
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093850
Record Type:
administrative
Mmabatho (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 25 51 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -25.8500
decimal degrees
Long: 025 37 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 25.6167
decimal degrees
Note:
Mmabatho ("Mother of the People") was the capital of the republic of Bophuthatswana from 1977 until 1994. It is a trade center for cattle & agricultural produce; industries include wood products, leather goods & paper.
Names:
Mmabatho
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Mabatho
(
C
,
V
)
Mbabatho
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
South Africa
(nation) (
P
)
............
North West
(province) (
P
)
................
Mmabatho
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
construction began in 1977
town (
C
)
............
established 1977
provincial capital (
C
)
............
since 1994
administrative center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of the former republic of Bophuthatswana until 1994
Sources and Contributors:
Mabatho..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 17 June 2014
Mbabatho..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 17 June 2014
Mmabatho..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 206
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
129
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
162
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 206
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
129
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
162
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
"Mmabatho," accessed 17 June 2014
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