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Limpopo
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Limpopo
Limpopo
Province
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Peace, Unity and Prosperity
	Location of Limpopo in South Africa
	Coordinates: 24°S 29°E / 24°S 29°E
Country	South Africa
Established	27 April 1994
Capital	Polokwane; Lebowakgomo (legislative)
Districts	List Mopani; Vhembe; Capricorn; Waterberg; Sekhukhune;
Government
• Type	Parliamentary system
• Premier	Stanley Mathabatha (ANC)
• Legislature	Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Area
• Total	125,754 km2 (48,554 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in South Africa
Highest elevation	2,126 m (6,975 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	5,404,868
• Rank	5th in South Africa
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Rank	5th in South Africa
Population groups
• Black	96.5%
• White	2.5%
• Indian or Asian	0.5%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Other	0.1%
Languages
• Pedi	52.9%
• Tsonga	24.0%
• Venda	16.7%
• Afrikaans	2.6%
• Tswana	2.0%
• Southern Ndebele	2.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
ISO 3166 code	ZA-LP
HDI (2019)	0.710; high · 3rd of 9
GDP	US$31.3 billion
Website	www.limpopo.gov.za

Limpopo (/lɪmˈpoʊpoʊ/) is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders.^[5] The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is situated in Lebowakgomo.

The province is made up of three former homelands of Lebowa, Gazankulu and Venda and part of the former Transvaal province. The Limpopo province was established as one of nine provinces after the 1994 South African general election. The province's name was first "Northern Transvaal", later changed to "Northern Province" on 28 June 1995, with two other provinces. The name was later changed again in 2002 to the Limpopo Province. Limpopo is made up of three main ethnic groups: the Pedi, the Tsonga and the Venda.

Traditional leaders and chiefs still form a strong backbone of the province's political landscape. Established in terms of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders Act, Act 5 of 2005, the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders' main function is to advise the government and the legislature on matters related to custom, tradition, and culture, including developmental initiatives that affect rural communities. On 18 August 2017, Kgosi Malesela Dikgale was re-elected as the Chairperson of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "P0301.4 Census 2022 Statistical Release" (PDF). 10 October 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2024.
^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Provincial gross domestic product:experimental estimates, 2013–2022" (PDF), www.statssa.gov.za
^ "Limpopo Province – An Overview". dolimpopo.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ "Premier Stanley Mathabatha opens Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders, 26 Apr | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[cib2011-1] Census 2011: Census in brief (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015.

[P03014census2022-2] "P0301.4 Census 2022 Statistical Release" (PDF). 10 October 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2024.

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[4] "Provincial gross domestic product:experimental estimates, 2013–2022" (PDF), www.statssa.gov.za

[5] "Limpopo Province – An Overview". dolimpopo.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

[gov.za-6] "Premier Stanley Mathabatha opens Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders, 26 Apr | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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Limpopo
Province
Coat of arms
Motto(s): Peace, Unity and Prosperity
Location of Limpopo in South Africa
Coordinates: 24°S 29°E / 24°S 29°E / -24; 29
Country	South Africa
Established	27 April 1994
Capital	Polokwane Lebowakgomo (legislative)
Districts	List Mopani Vhembe Capricorn Waterberg Sekhukhune
Government
• Type	Parliamentary system
• Premier	Stanley Mathabatha (ANC)
• Legislature	Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Area ^[1]^: 9
• Total	125,754 km² (48,554 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in South Africa
Highest elevation	2,126 m (6,975 ft)
Population (2022)^[2]
• Total	5,404,868
• Rank	5th in South Africa
• Density	43/km² (110/sq mi)
• Rank	5th in South Africa
Population groups ^[2]
• Black	96.5%
• White	2.5%
• Indian or Asian	0.5%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Other	0.1%
Languages ^[1]^: 25
• Pedi	52.9%
• Tsonga	24.0%
• Venda	16.7%
• Afrikaans	2.6%
• Tswana	2.0%
• Southern Ndebele	2.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
ISO 3166 code	ZA-LP
HDI (2019)	0.710^[3] high · 3rd of 9
GDP	US$31.3 billion^[4]
Website	www.limpopo.gov.za