QwaQwa
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Qwaqwa was a Bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Witsieshoek. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- QwaQwa
- Country.common_name
- QwaQwa
- Country.today
- South Africa
- Country.status
- Bantustan
- Country.p1
- Republic of South Africa
- Country.flag_p1
- Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
- Country.s1
- Republic of South Africa
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of South Africa.svg
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of QwaQwa.svg
- Country.image_coat
- Coat of arms of QwaQwa.svg
- Country.image_map
- QwaQwa in South Africa.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Location of QwaQwa (red) within South Africa (yellow).
- Country.capital
- Witsieshoek
- Country.common_languages
- SesothoEnglishAfrikaans
- Country.title_leader
- Chief Minister
- Country.leader1
- Kenneth Mopeli
- Country.event_start
- Self-government
- Country.date_start
- 1 November
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Phuthaditjhaba
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Orange Free State Province
- Image
- Sun Set at Qwaqwa.jpg
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- inception
- 1974-11-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-04-27
- Commons category
- QwaQwa
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Leaders of QwaQwa
- Geography
- See also
- References
Qwaqwa was a Bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Witsieshoek. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.
The frequent snow on the Maloti mountain peaks led the San to call the region "Qwaqwa" (whiter than white). In Afrikaans it was known as "Witsieshoek", after Oetse (also Witsie and Wetsi), a Makholokoe chief who lived there from 1839 to 1856.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “QwaQwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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