Global InformationMabalingwe Nature Reserve information
| Mabalingwe Nature Reserve | |
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  Location in Limpopo, adjacent to North West  Mabalingwe Nature Reserve (South Africa) | |
| Location | Limpopo, South Africa |
| Nearest city | Bela Bela |
| Coordinates | 24°50′0″S 28°2′53″E / 24.83333°S 28.04806°E |
| Area | 12 000 ha |
Mabalingwe Nature Reserve, is located 38 km west of Bela Bela, in the Limpopo province of South Africa, and is about 12,000 hectare in area.[1] It is in an easily accessible, malaria-free area of the Transvaal bushveld, around an hour-and-a-half drive from Johannesburg.
Mabalingwe means "leopard spot." The name comes from the phrase "mabala ya ingwe" - mabala means "spot" in Tswana and ingwe is Zulu for "leopard."
- ^ "What Is Mabalingwe Nature Reserve?". wisegeek. Retrieved 14 January 2013.