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North West Province
Bordering on Botswana and the Kalahari desert is the
province of North West, with 9.5% of South Africa's land area. Its summer rainfall is low on this
border and increases towards the Gauteng area in the east, so that this part of the province is
mostly typical Highveld grassland.
Important topographical features include the Vaal River,
which forms the south-eastern boundary, the 125km ridge of the Magaliesberg, and the extinct volcano
that is home to the Pilanesberg National Park.
Caves in the Sterkfontein area comprise a
World Heritage Site known as the Cradle of Humankind because of the wealth and significance of the
hominid remains found there.
Its capital, Mafikeng, is near the Botswana border and forms a
single urban area with its neighbouring town, Mmabatho. Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp are the biggest
cities in the province; other main towns are Brits and Rustenburg.
Mafikeng/Mmabatho, which
sits on a north-south line that more or less bisects the province, is the most westerly of these
towns; the dry western half of the province, sandwiched between Botswana and the Northern Cape, is
sparsely populated.
Mining is responsible for more than a third of the North
West province's GDP: 94% of South Africa's platinum comes from the Rustenburg and Brits districts which produce more platinum than any other single area in the world.
It produces 25% of the country's gold. Granite, marble, fluorspar and diamonds are also mined.
The
province provides about a third of the country's maize. Other important agricultural products are
sunflower oil, fruit, tobacco, cotton and beef.
The diverse landscape is occupied by charming people whose responsibility to the land parallels their strong sense of
tradition. The North West is a province blessed with several cultural villages that entertain and
enrich as they interpret South Africa's people in their own unique manner. Plan your journey along
one of the tourism routes that will give you a taste of what the magnificent North West Province has
to offer.
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