Phalaborwa

Phalaborwa (translated to English as better than the south; phala means better than and borwa means south) is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Phalaborwa
Settlement.image_skyline: Phalaborwa.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The entrance sign to Phalaborwa
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Limpopo#South 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: Mopani
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ba-Phalaborwa
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 193.33
Settlement.elevation_m: 437
Settlement.population_total: 13108

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Population: 13108
Elevation: 435
Image: Phalaborwa.jpg
Dialing code: 015

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inception: 1957-01-01
Commons category: Phalaborwa
postal code: 1389

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Phalaborwa (translated to English as better than the south; phala means better than and borwa means south) is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa.

==Name== The place was called "Phalaborwa" by the Sotho tribes who migrated from the south to the area. The name means "better than the south".