Bushbuckridge
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Bushbuckridge (also known as Mapulaneng) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It grew around a trading store that opened in 1884, and is named after the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bushbuckridge
- Settlement.official_name
- Mapulaneng
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- BushBuckridge moutains.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mountains in BushBuckridge during day time.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mpumalanga
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ehlanzeni
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bushbuckridge
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 845
- Image
- BushBuckridge moutains.jpg
- Dialing code
- 013
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- postal code
- 1280
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Bushbuckridge (also known as Mapulaneng) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It grew around a trading store that opened in 1884, and is named after the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.
The suburbs and rural areas to the south of Bushbuckridge constitute a "sub place", called Bushbuckridge NU with a 2011 population of 1070, covering .