Limpopo

Limpopo

Limpopo (pronounced lim' Poupou) is the northern most Province South Africa . The capital is Polkwane, formerly called Pietesburg. The province was formed from the northern region of the Transvaal province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal. The following year, it was renamed Northern Province, which remained the name until 11 June 2004, when the name of the province was formally Changed The Name, its Mots Importan River , on the border with Zimbabwe and Bowtswana , after deliberation by the provincial government. Another notable consideration for the name after deliberation by the provincial government. for the name was Mapungubwe, the area where the most ancient gold-using civilisation of the province was discovered a few years earlier.