Tzaneen

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Tzaneen Tsaneng
Town
Tea and more plantation in Tzaneen
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Coordinates: 23°50′S 30°10′E / 23.833°S 30.167°E / -23.833; 30.167
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Municipality	Greater Tzaneen
• Councillor	(ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation	719 m (2,359 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	14,571
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• White	46.1%
• Black African	45.0%
• Indian/Asian	7.0%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	41.5%
• Northern Sotho	18.1%
• Tsonga	13.5%
• English	13.4%
• Other	6.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0850
PO box	0850
Area code	015

Tzaneen (/zəˈniːn/) 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).