Dithakong
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thumb|300px| Dithakong is a place east of Kuruman in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which had been a major destination for several of the earliest nineteenth century expeditions from the Cape to the interior of the subcontinent. In colonial literature, its name is often rendered in such ways as Litakun, also Litakoo or Lattakoo.
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- postal code
- 8604
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- Nineteenth century Tswana town
- Battle of Dithakong
- Earlier stone walled settlement
- Modern Dithakong
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thumb|300px| Dithakong is a place east of Kuruman in the Northern Cape, South Africa, which had been a major destination for several of the earliest nineteenth century expeditions from the Cape to the interior of the subcontinent. In colonial literature, its name is often rendered in such ways as Litakun, also Litakoo or Lattakoo.
==Nineteenth century Tswana town== At the time of the 1801 Truter-Somerville Expedition Dithakong was an important BaTlhaping (BaTswana) capital under Kgosi ('Chief') Molehebangwe. Significant accounts of this first expedition were left by, amongst others, William Somerville and John Barrow, with well-known watercolour illustrations by Samuel Daniell. Kgosi Mothibi, son of Molehebangwe, had succeeded as leader of the BaTlhaping by the time that William Burchell visited there in 1811.
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