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Africa : Southern Africa : South Africa : North West Province

North West Province

The North-West Province, [1], provides a link between South Africa and Botswana. The province is the largest platinum production area in the world, and its Stelland area is the "Texas of South Africa" with some of the biggest cattle herds in the world.

Regions

Cities

Other destinations

  • Sun City - South Africa's Las Vegas, with casino, golf course and adventure area.
  • Groot Marico - typical small farm village, famous for literature and Mampoer

National parks

Other nature reserves

  • Madikwe Game Reserve - in the north of the province

National Par===

  • Marakele Game Reserve - approx 8 kilometres north of Thabazimbie

Understand

Talk

Get in

By car

The N12 highway runs from Kimberley trough the eastern part of the province (Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom) to Johannesburg. The N14 from Upington joins the N12 in Wolmaranstaad. The N4 runs through the north of the province. It comes from Gaborone in Botswana, goes through Zeerust and Rustenburg and from there to the north of Pretoria.

By plane

The airport of Pilanesberg/Sun City offers flights to Johannesburg.

Tha capital city of Mmabatho/Mafikeng has regular flights operated by South African Airways to Johannesburg.

By bus

Greyhound and Translux offer bus connections from other provinces.

Get around

See

Do

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

Get out

This page was last edited at 07:42, on 13 September 2008 by harold. Based on work by Nick Roux, Tim Sandell, Felix Gottwald and Rob Payne, Wikitravel user(s) Episteme, Jonboy and Yzerfontein and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.