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Sabie
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Sabie is a forestry town situated on the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The name Sabie is derived from the Xitsonga language word "Sava" which means "Sand" because of the rich Sand in the area . The word Sava was adapted by the Afrikaner settlers who changed it from Sava (Xitsonga) into the Afrikaans "Sabie" .

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Sabie
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Clockwise from top: Old train bridge in Sabie, Merry Pebbles Resort, countryside near Sabie, Bridal Veil Falls, forestry and countryside near Sabie.
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South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa
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Country
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South Africa
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Province
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Mpumalanga
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District
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Ehlanzeni
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Municipality
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Thaba Chweu
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Main Place
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Established
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Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
55.03
Settlement.population_total
9148
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
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town
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Main Street, Sabie.JPG
Dialing code
013
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postal code
1260
Commons category
Sabie, Mpumalanga
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Sabie is a forestry town situated on the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The name Sabie is derived from the Xitsonga language word "Sava" which means "Sand" because of the rich Sand in the area . The word Sava was adapted by the Afrikaner settlers who changed it from Sava (Xitsonga) into the Afrikaans "Sabie" .

The town was started after H.T. Glynn and J.C. Ingle found gold there and formed the Glynns-Lydenburg Gold Mining Company.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sabie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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