Musina
Sign in to saveMusina, also known as Messina (), is the northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is located near the confluence of the Limpopo River with the Sand River and the border to Zimbabwe with a population of between 20,000 and 40,000. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Musina
- Settlement.other_name
- Messina
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Limpopo#South Africa#Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limpopo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vhembe
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Musina
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1904
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 109.38
- Settlement.population_total
- 42678
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Musina, also known as Messina (), is the northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is located near the confluence of the Limpopo River with the Sand River and the border to Zimbabwe with a population of between 20,000 and 40,000. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the region.
==History== thumb|left|Copper and Papagoite in Quartz, from old Messina mine. After serving in the Anglo-Boer War, Colonel John Pascoe "J.P." Grenfell (1866-1948), grandson of John Pascoe Grenfell and brother of Francis Octavius Grenfell, came to South Africa after hearing rumours of valuable copper being in the area. Two prospectors, James Harper and James Campbell, told Grenfell that there were copper deposits, south of the Limpopo River, where the local tribe discovered them. Apparently, the tribe had mined the copper, but the prospectors said their mining of it had ceased.