Mogwadi

Mogwadi, formerly Dendron, is a small town on the R521 road in the Capricorn District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

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Mogwadi Dendron
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Coordinates: 23°22′05″S 29°19′23″E / 23.368°S 29.323°E / -23.368; 29.323
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Capricorn
Municipality	Molemole
Area [1]
• Total	4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,045
• Density	855/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	94.4%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	3.5%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Northern Sotho	83.5%
• Afrikaans	3.5%
• English	2.9%
• Zulu	2.1%
• Other	8.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0715
Area code	015
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Located about 61 km northwest of Polokwane. It was laid out on the farm Duitsland and then managed by a health committee. The former name is derived from the Greek word for ‘tree’ and refers to the abundance of indigenous trees in the area.^[2]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Main Place Mogwadi". Census 2011.
2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Technology Council. p. 134.

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