Tzaneen

Tzaneen
Tsaneng
Tea and more plantation in Tzaneen
Tea and more plantation in Tzaneen
Tzaneen is located in Limpopo
Tzaneen
Tzaneen
Tzaneen is located in South Africa
Tzaneen
Tzaneen
Tzaneen is located in Africa
Tzaneen
Tzaneen
Coordinates: 23°50′S 30°10′E / 23.833°S 30.167°E / -23.833; 30.167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
MunicipalityGreater Tzaneen
 • Councillor(ANC)
Area
 • Total22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation
719 m (2,359 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total14,571
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • White46.1%
 • Black African45.0%
 • Indian/Asian7.0%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Other0.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans41.5%
 • Northern Sotho18.1%
 • Tsonga13.5%
 • English13.4%
 • Other6.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0850
PO box
0850
Area code015

Tzaneen (/zəˈnn/) is a large tropical garden town situated in the Mopani District Municipality of the Limpopo province in South Africa. It is situated in a high rainfall fertile region with tropical and subtropical agriculture taking place in a 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) region. It is Limpopo's second largest town after Polokwane.

About 475,000 people reside within a 30 km (19 mi) radius, with the town itself holding a population of 14,571, according to the 2011 census. The town of Tzaneen is composed predominantly of Afrikaans-language whites and a mix of Tsonga and Balobedu and Bapedi . In the extended area around the town, there are approximately 225,000 people from the Northern Sotho ethnic nation of Balobedu ba ga Modjadji. Bapedi tribe such as BaNareng ba ga sekororo, Batlou ba ga makgoba, Bathlabine ba ga mogoboya, BaKgaga ba maake, Bakgaga ba maupa and Babirwa ba ga Raphahlelo, phooko and Bakoni ba Mametja and Bakhutama ba GA Modiba . There are approximately 220,000 Tsonga from the ethnic groups of Shiluvane-Nkuna and Hosi Muhlaba-Shiluvane (132,000 people), and Valoyi under Hosi Nwamitwa-Valoyi (91,000 people). The White population consists mainly of the Afrikaner people and a minority of English, Portuguese, Scottish, Irish, Jewish and German. The distance from Tzaneen to Johannesburg is approximately 420 km (260 mi).

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Tzaneen". Census 2011.